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Donna Rose
 
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Default "The Passion of the Christ"

> > > "Nexis" > wrote in message
> > > So Christ was not beaten as much? He did not bleed that much? If that

> > was typical of the violence that took place, it is accurate and should be
> > there.
> > > People were truly barbaric and truly did things like that. Why does
> > > our society soften real facts but let our kids blow the heads off of

> > characters in a video game?


I read a letter to the editor in today's San Francisco Chronicle that
said, in effect, "If Gibson was so intent on making a historically
accurate film, why is it that Jesus looks like he's from Norway, instead
of the Middle East?"

Why, indeed. So much for the historical accuracy argument.

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Donna
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