Protocols of Zion
Oct. 17th, 2007 11:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dalthauserMy first Blockbuster movie was Protocols of Zion. I've been wanting to watch it, but shortly after they got it in at Hollywood Video it mysteriously disappeared.
First of all - I didn't think it was particularly well made. It bounced around aimlessly as if it was an amusement ride - one shock after another. They didn't show very many moderates on the issue - and I'm sure there are more of them than the simple minded fanatics they showed.
It was an eye opener though.
I can honestly say I've never met anyone who hated Jewish people. I've seen it on the movies and TV, but I've never personally witnessed it. It's probably where I've lived - or maybe that I've just been sheltered.
I was very confused with the whole "Jews killed Jesus" thing. So much emphasis placed on whether or not they did. Like it could only be okay if they didn't. So what if they did? How does that have anything to do with the Jewish people today? It would be like today's entire German citizenship being hated for the Holcaust or today's catholics being hated for the Inquisition. I guess I'm just thick. I don't see how it means anything.
Also, so what if the manuscript itself is authentic and a bunch of Jewish men did sit around and plot the takeover of the world? It's not like that sort of thing hasn't been done before in one form or another. I hate to pick on the Catholics, but back in the day - they were pretty power hungry and political.... not to mention the whole burning people at the stake thing. We don't hold that against them now.
I personally have the greatest respect for the Jewish as a people. I'm not always feeling this way about Israelis (or Palestinians - the whole Middle East thing baffles me), but that's a whole other thing.
First of all - I didn't think it was particularly well made. It bounced around aimlessly as if it was an amusement ride - one shock after another. They didn't show very many moderates on the issue - and I'm sure there are more of them than the simple minded fanatics they showed.
It was an eye opener though.
I can honestly say I've never met anyone who hated Jewish people. I've seen it on the movies and TV, but I've never personally witnessed it. It's probably where I've lived - or maybe that I've just been sheltered.
I was very confused with the whole "Jews killed Jesus" thing. So much emphasis placed on whether or not they did. Like it could only be okay if they didn't. So what if they did? How does that have anything to do with the Jewish people today? It would be like today's entire German citizenship being hated for the Holcaust or today's catholics being hated for the Inquisition. I guess I'm just thick. I don't see how it means anything.
Also, so what if the manuscript itself is authentic and a bunch of Jewish men did sit around and plot the takeover of the world? It's not like that sort of thing hasn't been done before in one form or another. I hate to pick on the Catholics, but back in the day - they were pretty power hungry and political.... not to mention the whole burning people at the stake thing. We don't hold that against them now.
I personally have the greatest respect for the Jewish as a people. I'm not always feeling this way about Israelis (or Palestinians - the whole Middle East thing baffles me), but that's a whole other thing.
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Date: 2007-10-18 03:40 pm (UTC)In the movie they said that Pilate wanted to wash his hands of the whole thing because he didn't agree that Jesus was guilty of anything - but was forced to act because of public opinion. The other side of the arguement in the movie was that Roman's of the time wouldn't have thought twice about putting someone to death guilty or not if they were causing trouble.
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Date: 2007-10-18 06:01 pm (UTC)If you take the bible thing as something literal, that really happened, i think you have to look at Pilate as just bored and playing with the crowd; he could do whatever as his whims took him.