Mel Gibson: Terri's Killing Is 'Murder'

[norml]

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:05 p.m. EST
Mel Gibson: Terri's Killing Is 'Murder'



In his strongest comments yet on the Terri Schiavo case, actor Mel Gibson calls her killing "nothing more than state sanctioned murder.”

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He was also disturbed that a local Florida judge was given the unquestioned power to sentence Schiavo to death.


"All the big guys, they’ve got their hands tied by some tin-horned judge down there,” he said. "Common, when they want to whip a judge they got no problem getting Judge Moore in a heart beat.”


"It’s so wrong and I watch it, appalled and stunned, that we have gotten to this.”


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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/3/30/220702.shtml

[LibraLiz1973]

1. Phew. Thank god Mel finally came out & spoke.

Freeper prayers have been answered.



He needs to shut his pie hole.

[Catch22Dem]

2. Just because I disagree w/ him doesn't mean he should shut up

But I wish he would. :evilgrin:

[physioex]

8. Right....

Loookey who is trying to get a piece of the lime light. This ought to help sales of the "The Passion Uncut".........

[norml]

15. He'd sent a fax earlier, that's since been removed from terrisfight.org

[LostinVA]

40. And this is his business why???

Hey Mel: separation of powers? State's rights? Sanctity of marriage? You know, like the woman you're married to who you say is going to hell? Yeah, her!

Interesting how these RW Fundies flip-flop when things don't go their way, eh? (and yeah, Catholics can be Fundies, too).

[Snotcicles]

53. Mel Gibson ought to fuck right off.

[Ann Arbor Dem]

3. Shut the fuck up, Mel.

:nuke:

[BlueEyedSon]

4. "Paging Docktah Gibson! Paging Docktah Gibson!'

[hinachan]

21. Paging Dr. BlueEyedSon! Paging Dr. BlueEyedSon!

See? Works both ways. You know about as much as Mel Gibson does.

[BlueEyedSon]

34. I daresay I know more. At least I was pre-med at CMU.

Plus, I read DU!

:grouphug:

[Kerrytravelers]

5. So, besides making painfully borning films, Mel is now an expert in legal

matters in the state of Flordia.

When did Mel go to law school and pass the Flordia bar?

[swag]

6. Who rattled his zipper?

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. eh!

:evilgrin:

[ngGale]

33. Why Opus Dei - of course...

lol

[monobrau]

7. FREEEEEDOM!

I'd pay good money to see Gibson getting tazered trying to get into the hospice with water.

[greenbriar]

9. and to think

I used to dream about mel

especially after his butt shot in Lethal Weapon~

[Generator]

14. I know..he was hot in the eighties-you aren't the only one

I never knew he was an extremist nutbag. I thought he was just devout.

[eternalburn]

10. Ya know, ever since the SouthPark episode......

...featuring Mel, I just can't take him or anything he says seriously.

I get the giggles. I can't help it :)

[NVMojo]

37. HAHAHA!!! That SP episode did it for me too!! Does anyone

have a link to that? Wish I'd saved it!

[tuvor]

11. Where are the freepers telling this Hollywood guy to shut up? n/t

[Norquist Nemesis]

41. Yeah, Isn't he part of that wretched Hollywood Elite?

[progressoid]

47. Tell Patricia Heaton too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3378944&mesg_id=3378944

[democracyindanger]

12. And "Bird on a Wire" was torture and theft.

[carpe diem]

13. since when has any Republican had a problem...

with state sanctioned murder...they would rather kill most of us than feed, clothe and house any of us...

[FreedomAngel82]

27. Exactly

They'll just claim it'll all cost too much or they'll never change. Always an excuse. :eyes:

[onehandle]

16. "Moran" nt

[WMliberal]

17. Mel's against the death penalty?

"...He was also disturbed that a local Florida judge was given the unquestioned power to sentence Schiavo to death..."

Who then, would he give the decision to, if not the courts? Or is he against the death penalty altogether?


Of course, I haven't even mentioned the fact that what was done wasn't a "death sentence" per se.

[mondo joe]

18. What a FUNNY IDEA of legal process. If one judge can be overturned

then of course every judge can, regardless of the merits of the case!

[onenote]

19. mel gibson - defender of the culture of life

if you don't count the 100s of violent deaths that get portrayed in his movies....

onenote

[LostinVA]

42. Seriously: Mel has a weird fixation with death

Watch his movies. Notice the Christ imagery in almost ALL of them? How horribly gory and violent they are? He is one sick pup. Plus, he's a major 'phobe.

[tjwash]

20. Fuck you Mel...

...and the rest of your conservative bootlickers that want to cut programs and funding that helps people with food, education, daycare, or medical expenses while they're alive, but then they want to scream at the government to "do something" once the citizen's life has ended.

Go back to making snuff films and showing everyone your sick S and M fantasies.

[NightOwwl]

22. Mel Gibson is insane.

Seriously, he is insane.

MEL GIBSON: I really did, yeah. I was looking down thinking, man, this is just easier this way. I don't know … you have to be mad, you have to be insane to despair in that way. But that is the height of spiritual bankruptcy. There's nothing left. But it's … that wow, what a waste, and people do that is so sad. Whenever I hear of suicides, I just want to die, you know, I want to cry and it's … because there's something better if they can just hang on a little longer, you know. It's awful. So, anyway. Oop, is this the crying segment? Wait a minute.

DIANE SAWYER: Did someone say something…

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/sixtyminutes/stories/2004_02_22/story_1034.asp

[Swamp Rat]

25. Mel Gibson is insane and a menace to society.

[pinniped]

36. Damm, that pic is too funny and will no doubt appear in the next...

Planer of the Apes.

Oh ya, Mel, go fuck yourself.

[VOX]

23. Did he also fax this one in from that Malibu fish shack?

Did he "care enough to sent the very best" again?

Two words, Mel: Fuck off. :grr:

[Straight Shooter]

24. Well, Mel, I am "appalled and stunned" by your grandstanding.

This is the guy who was so "into" making the Passion, that his hand is in the movie clip as the Roman soldier holding the nail (I believe it's over the left hand/wrist of Jesus.)

That's right. Mel wanted to be part of the crucifixion of Christ, he wanted to be part of the murdering mob. I don't know what's wrong with him and his guilty conscience working overtime nonstop, but I wish he would STFU.

Get a clue, Mel. It's none of your business. You're not Terri's relative.

[Must_B_Free]

26. So Gibson comes out in opposition to the death penalty?

"nothing more than state sanctioned murder, but execution, that's justice."

[jdj]

28. nothing LESS, dumbass.

if you are going to proselytize at least get the damn idioms right.

[brettdale]

30. Did Mel speak out against the war?

Just wondering If Mel spoke out agaisnt the Iraq war since he is against killing so much?

[Theres-a]

38. I'd be interested to know,too.

Welcome to DU!:hi:

[cynatnite]

31. He built his own catholic church

He said the others are too liberal :freak:

[LostinVA]

43. With his own pet priest

If Joe Blow Catholic with money did this, they'd be called a heretic and excommunicated. This HAS happened before, and they HAVE been excommunicated!

[underseasurveyor]

32. Nobody is killing Terri. With all this new unedited, undoctored video,

(so stop saying they are ;-) ) all this amazing new video of the new improved less-vegetative talking Terri, shouldn't it be obvious by now that she has chosen to go on a hunger strike? The new improved less-vegetative talking Terri would be so ravenously hungry/thirsty that when she made it known that she does want to live, she would have also made it known that she wants nourishment of some sort now! But since that hasn't ever been the case (even 2 weeks ago that wasn't the case) she's obviously choosing to do this to herself.

So shut the hell up mel and pay attention to your own damn family.


Sometimes these interfering ignorant know-it-all busy bodies.....
jus gets me all crazy, in the head:crazy:

:evilgrin:

[ElectroPrincess]

35. He's got a major zap on his brain and is confusing the vast majority

of the American populace as those who may give a damn about his half baked ideas. What a Buffoon! Personally, I won't pay one more cent to see or rent any movies that are associated with this arrogant man.

[LizW]

39. Judge Moore disobeyed a court order

Pick up a newspaper once in a while Mel, you dumbass.

:eyes:

[Mean Streets]

44. Re:

I fall into the category of people who really don't care what actors think about current events. Tim Robbins is only slightly more bearable than someone like Mel Gibson because I agree with him often. These people really don't exist to me in real life, just in movies, tv, etc. That being said, Mel Gibson was Braveheart...he's cool for life in my book.

[Discord]

45. How long until he shows up at the hospice

carrying a sword and with blue facepaint?

Or how about a live re-enactment of the Passion for his loyal Fundie audiance?

[Craig3410]

46. Preferably....

with him playing the part of Jesus. :rolleyes:

[katinmn]

48. Gibson is the head ghoul

He gave the fundies "Passion" and they ate it up like mad dogs.

That guy just sickens me.

[Mad_Dem_X]

49. With all due respect, Mr. Gibson...

who really gives a rat's ass what you think about this??

[Animy44]

50. It's not about you, Mel

[Zenlitened]

51. Um, Mel is not, uh... particularly bright... is he?

:shrug:

[tjwash]

52. I hate to break this to you Mel, but she wasn't killed. She Died.

But when did the facts ever bother ol' Braveheart?

[tjdee]

54. He's entitled to his opinion like anyone else.

And in this case he's joined by Jesse Jackson, et.al.

[terry4kerry]

55. I am not trying to be funny, but I really think Mel is delusional

I am not trying to be sarcastic, but I think Mel Gibson has some delusional qualities, especially as they say in the psych world "delusions of grandeur"