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Posted by Marcello (Guest) - Friday, September 21 2012, 7:52:12 (UTC)
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I accurately remember how my brother and I were received by the Catholics in our family for having gone to watch Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ back in 1988 which was internationally condemned by all christians because in one sequence of the film, Jesus, in his final moments on the cross, dreams his life as a married man with children. I certainly recall this from then:

On October 22, 1988, a French Christian fundamentalist group launched Molotov cocktails inside the Parisian Saint Michel movie theater while it was showing the film. This attack injured thirteen people, four of whom were severely burned.[8][9] The Saint Michel theater was heavily damaged,[9] and reopened 3 years later after restoration. Following the attack, a representative of the film's distributor, United International Pictures, said, "The opponents of the film have largely won. They have massacred the film's success, and they have scared the public." Jack Lang, France's Minister of Culture, went to the St.-Michel theater after the fire, and said, "Freedom of speech is threatened, and we must not be intimidated by such acts."[9] The Archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, said "One doesn't have the right to shock the sensibilities of millions of people for whom Jesus is more important than their father or mother."[9] After the fire he condemned the attack, saying, "You don't behave as Christians but as enemies of Christ. From the Christian point of view, one doesn't defend Christ with arms. Christ himself forbade it."[9] The leader of Christian Solidarity, a Roman Catholic group that had promised to stop the film from being shown, said, "We will not hesitate to go to prison if it is necessary."[9] Similar attacks against theatres included graffiti, setting off tear-gas canisters and stink bombs, and assaulting filmgoers.[8]

By the way, Martin Scorsese is a former Catholic who at one time had decided to attend the seminary to become a priest but instead he went to film school and became be a film-maker.

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Islamophobia, Left and Right Marcello - Tuesday, September 18 2012, 16:52:31 (UTC)
- Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/19 00:25
  - Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Rashad - 09/19 02:18
    - Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/20 17:22
      - Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Rashad - 09/20 22:05
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/21 00:06
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Rashad - 09/21 01:49
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/21 03:39
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Rashad - 09/21 04:32
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Marcello - 09/21 07:52
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/21 09:14
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right Marcello - 09/21 18:14
        Re: Islamophobia, Left and Right pancho - 09/21 18:24

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