Thursday, 25th of September, 2003
Who Jew think you’re looking at? (5:45 pm)
Couple of interesting links via the always-interesting Electrolite, blog of science fiction editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
Here’s a post and discussion about Mel Gibson, the Australian icon who is considerably more bigoted than our beloved Prime Minister. All-out misogyny and thinly-veiled anti-Semitism…
And The Head Heeb is a blog I’ll have to look at more closely soon, by a somewhat contrarian American Jew, and his celebration of “Arrival Day 2003” looks fascinating.
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September 27th, 2003 at 9:56 am
Please explain your post about Mel Gibson. I’m very intrigued. Using many out of context quotes..not even his quotes..and his name in close proximity doesn’t make him guilty of shit. “Guilty by association” is a cheap and rather stupid accusation in itself.
September 27th, 2003 at 10:59 am
Um, why are you posting that complaint here, when all I was doing was point to PNH’s blog post? But Mel Gibson’s particular prejudices, veiled or not-so-veiled, aren’t really that secret. For what it’s worth, here’s an article in which Gibson denies he’s anti-Semitic: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/14/1055220810012.html
But that doesn’t necessarily prove anything. Who knows? Who cares? I haven’t seen Braveheart and have no interest in it, not most of Gibson’s other movies. The only real reaction I have to the guy is
a) what a fucking annoying half-American accent he has, and
b) he’s a loony Christian - never a good sign…
September 28th, 2003 at 12:48 am
Fair enough, my friend. Haha. I really thought you were being serious about it and I overreacted, sorry. Med school does that to me.
By the way, I am a huge fan of FourPlay and of your blog. I am also from El Salvador, so yay to me for being your probably only El Salvadoran fan. Hehe.