A new film can make amends

Mel Gibson's anti-Semitism was suspected due to his defense of his father, a well-known anti-Semite. Moreover, Gibson was the driving force behind the violent and bloody “The Passion of the Christ.” That movie reinforces the centuries-old libel that the Jews killed Jesus Christ, although modern scholarship and progressive theologians have disproved that charge. Gibson, a talented actor, is now giving the performance of his life — acting like he is not an anti-Semite. His self-serving apologies are insufficient; he needs to make amends for his outrageous behavior. Just as D.W. Griffith made the movie “Intolerance” as amends for his racist, pro-Ku Klux Klan film “Birth of a Nation,” Gibson could produce a movie that deals with the evil of anti-Semitism — so long as the movie isn't another “Lethal Weapon.” Daniel T Campbell, Somers Point - Published in the Atlantic City Press, August 11, 2006