tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post115420765278417483..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Apocalypto soonRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1154976361968114222006-08-07T11:46:00.000-07:002006-08-07T11:46:00.000-07:00Liberals favor their own sort of violence: the vio...Liberals favor their own sort of violence: the violence of the left-wing revolutionary (if a brutal killer quotes Marx, he'll win the hearts of the left), the violence of "business as usual" in the abortion clinic, the violence of the striker against the worker who tries to cross the picket line, and other examples.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1154461656928493722006-08-01T12:47:00.000-07:002006-08-01T12:47:00.000-07:00Read my writeup on The Patriot for an explanation ...Read my writeup on <I>The Patriot</I> for an explanation of the movie's message. Relying on violence is a hallmark of conservatives.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1154352460705941792006-07-31T06:27:00.000-07:002006-07-31T06:27:00.000-07:00I didn't view either of those movies as particular...I didn't view either of those movies as particularly conservative or even connected to modern politics (once I removed the connection between Gibson's character and the actual historic Swamp Fox). I was going to approach "Apocalypto" with an open mind, even if at this point I know almost nothing about it. Now I don't care about this movie in the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1154291938526386012006-07-30T13:38:00.000-07:002006-07-30T13:38:00.000-07:00Gibson's arrest is relevant to this blog because h...Gibson's arrest is relevant to this blog because he's making films with conservative messages--e.g., <I>Ransom</I>, <A HREF="http://www.bluecorncomics.com/gladpat.htm" REL="nofollow"><BR/><I>The Patriot</I></A>, and <I>The Passion of the Christ</I>. I fear <I>Apocalypto</I> will be another of these.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-1154259322130683412006-07-30T04:35:00.000-07:002006-07-30T04:35:00.000-07:00The belligerence, the profanity, the blaming of so...The belligerence, the profanity, the blaming of some evil Jewish cabal for everything that goes wrong globally and personally: Gibson's quotes are practically interchangable with those of Saddam Hussein.<BR/><BR/>This comparison would be out of left field if not for the fact that Gibson chose fairly recently to make himself look just like Saddam as well.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to the endless repeat video footage of someone shining a flashlight in Gibson's mouth during the arrest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com