So, GUEST, what was your view of the movie with Ben Kingsley about Gandhi? Point being that, of course Gibson is out to proselytize. Aren't they all? And selling merchandise? C'mon, you spit that out like an oath. Of course they want to sell merchandise, it's a movie for crying out loud. If it were an anti war movie and they sold merchandise, would that be OK?

My point is that there is plenty to find fault with in the man's politics and views. There is no reason to try and dummy up things or create false issues. Merchandising and proselytizing are there in every single movie with a point of view. It is not unique to this one. But ivory tower intellectuals with an axe to grind like to try and act like it is just this one. I call that politics of convenience. When you do this, you just give ammunition to your adversaries.

Mick