DB, I agree with you about our common ground! It's good to be able to enjoy debate with BOTL, as long as they don't get insulting over things. I ask you to consider a few points. First, the first time I ever heard about the movie "The Passion" was in a story about jewish community leaders being concerned about whether it would lead to anti-semitism. If there is a class war going on, who is ramming their agenda down whose throat? Madiline Murray O'Hare has long mad it a crusade to abolish the display of Nativity scenes on any public property, even though many seculr displays are permitted on said property, and the Nativity scenes do not "bash" anyone elses beliefs! Yoga, which is a direct spin off of Hindi religeous meditation practices, is taught in some schools, yet teachers have been fired for wearing a cross to school. It seems to some of the majority (white Christian America) that everyones freedom of speech is being protected except ours! If I say that a given statement is wrong, and foolish, I am accused of trying to deny them of their freedom of speech, but the accusers seem to forget that I never said that the original speaker had EVERY right to say whatever erroneous and foolish thing he or she wanted to. I guess I have no freedom of speech to voice a dissenting opinion, that goes against the grain of political correctness. And that is where my main problem comes in with the political left. I have no desire to force anyone to adopt my viewpoints, just don't try to force me to give them up. Did Mel Brooks try to wage a cultural war with this movie? Or was one forced on him by his detractors? Is it reasonable to expect someone who has a large chuck of their personal time and money invested in a project like this to simply say "Gee, I never meant to maybe cause some people who are beyond understanding anyway to have anti-semetic feelings" and abandon the project? But to defend his work, he's now "conducting a cultural war" and causing all this devisiveness. Why is it not the side that first questioned the work, and threw the first accusations that's waging "cultural war"? I am interested in your response, because I honestly feel like I'm playing in a rigged game when I view the political landscape.