Re: Sarah Silverman Slanders Pope, Mel Gibson (All about celebrities)

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Re: Sarah Silverman Slanders Pope, Mel Gibson

Posted on: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 01:54:27 +0000 (UTC)

On Feb 5, 6:37=A0pm, "J" wrote:
> Catholic League president Bill Donohue addresses remarks made by Sarah
> Silverman last night on Joy Behar's show:
>
> On "The View" yesterday, they played a small portion of Sarah Silverman's
> obscene rant against Pope Benedict XVI that she made last October on Bill
> Maher's show; it omitted the most vile comments she made. Last night, she
> was questioned about this incident by Joy Behar and instead of apologizin=
g,
> she doubled down: she said that if the pope sells the Vatican, "any
> involvement in the Holocaust" will be discounted.
>
> When asked whether we should accept Mel Gibson's apology for his drunken
> anti-Semitic comments made four years ago, she made a snide remark
> dismissing the apology altogether. Then she added, "I don't think he has =
a
> problem with the Jews, he just wants to clear up the fact that the Holoca=
ust
> never happened."
>
> Here are the facts: the pope's "involvement" in the Holocaust was to be
> conscripted into the Hitler Youth program, along with every other young
> German boy at that time; he escaped when he got the chance. To libel him =
the
> way Silverman did is downright despicable.
>
> Gibson never denied the Holocaust. His father, Hutton, has made some loop=
y
> comments doubting the extent of the Holocaust, but Mel Gibson never said
> anything like that. Ergo, he was also libeled.
>
> Sarah Silverman uses obscene language about the pope, libels him, repeats
> the offense, extends no apology, is hailed as a hero and suffers no penal=
ty.
> Furthermore, she declines to accept Gibson's apology, libels him, refuses=
to
> apologize, is hailed as a hero and suffers no penalty.
>
> Some say that Silverman was just joking. We're not buying it. So was Imus=
.
>
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> J Young
> Jvisi...@live.com

Why does an "altruistic " religious group need with all that wealth,
mansions, and priceless art works? Sounds like greed to me.

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