A Sad State: Man in prison for wanting to pray with Mel Gibson

[Taco John]

When will the blood letting of honest Christians end!? :shake:


Man Demanding Prayers with Gibson to Stand Trial
Thu Dec 2, 3:52 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A drifter who repeatedly demanded to pray with "Passion of Christ" movie director Mel Gibson (news) was ordered to stand trial on Thursday on charges of stalking.


Zack Sinclair, 34, was arrested in October after arriving unannounced at Gibson's Malibu home saying he wanted to pray with him, and turning up at a chapel where Gibson, a devout Catholic, attends mass on Sundays.


In court papers, Gibson said the man had also sent him numerous letters insisting they should pray together. Gibson said he found the letters "alarming, harassing and annoying."


"The Passion of the Christ," Gibson's graphic account of the last hours of Jesus, provoked much controversy in the United States but became a box office success and has grossed over $600 million in worldwide ticket sales.


Sinclair, a homeless man who is now in jail, was ordered to stand trial by a Los Angeles area judge. Gibson, through his spokesman, declined comment on the judge's ruling.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041202/people_nm/people_gibson_dc_3

[Taco John]

...freedom of spech... and all that other yadda yadda yadda...

[Jenson71]

Cmon, Mel. Jesus would even go visit him in prison...

[Lzen]

Heh, you take any chance you can to knock on Christians. I don't know all the details but, if the man seemed to be "not right" mentally, then I don't see the problem. Otherwise, maybe Gibson needs to pray about his reactions to the situation.

[Taco John]

Actually, I'm Christian. I take any chance to knock on people who are being hypocrites. It that happens to be another Christian, then so be it.

My point in this was that this man was harassing Mel. He deserves to be in jail... Can you think of any other hot discussions going on where a Christian or group of Christians were harassing other people, and probably deserve to be in jail themselves?

[KCWolfman]

Actually, I'm Christian. I take any chance to knock on people who are being hypocrites. It that happens to be another Christian, then so be it.

My point in this was that this man was harassing Mel. He deserves to be in jail... Can you think of any other hot discussions going on where a Christian or group of Christians were harassing other people, and probably deserve to be in jail themselves?
You mean going to their houses or invading their church services like this guy did?

Nope, I haven't seen any.

[Taco John]

Ah... If we narrowly define harassment enough, we can make it ok.

I've always found it amusing that the folks who consider themselves to be the "real" Christians will bend over backwards to discriminate against the sinners that they're judging, but don't have the flexibility in themselves to show an ounce of empathy for anyone who thinks differently than they do.

[Lzen]

Ah... If we narrowly define harassment enough, we can make it ok.

I've always found it amusing that the folks who consider themselves to be the "real" Christians will bend over backwards to discriminate against the sinners that they're judging, but don't have the flexibility in themselves to show an ounce of empathy for anyone who thinks differently than they do.

If you can't see the difference between stalking someone at their home and going to a rally in a public place then you are blind.

[Cochise]

Taco's troll thread is not doing nearly as well as the one he's attempting to spin off of.

[KCWolfman]

Taco's troll thread is not doing nearly as well as the one he's attempting to spin off of.
That's all it is. Attempting to compare felonious stalking on private property to protesting in a public forum is pathetic.

[Taco John]

Harassment is harassment.

I think we'd need to see the police report in both cases before judging their actions. But moreover, it's not their actions that I was interested in, so much as it was the reactions of people to this story in comparison.

And I got what I thought I would get.

[2bikemike]

Harassment is harassment.

I think we'd need to see the police report in both cases before judging their actions. But moreover, it's not their actions that I was interested in, so much as it was the reactions of people to this story in comparison.

And I got what I thought I would get.

So in your mind Bush is harrassed everytime a group gathers to protest him? Say for example when he was visiting Canada!

[Rausch]

Gibson seems to be a tad fruity...perhaps this is a good thing.

[RINGLEADER]

I'm still trying to figure out how this guy got up to Gibson's house in the first place.

[KCWolfman]

So in your mind Bush is harrassed everytime a group gathers to protest him? Say for example when he was visiting Canada!
I believe "ignore" or "dodge" will be a used tactic to your question.

[Taco John]

So in your mind Bush is harrassed everytime a group gathers to protest him? Say for example when he was visiting Canada!



Bush is one of the most harassed presidents in US history...

[Logical]

Bush is one of the most harassed presidents in US history...

ROFL either you were too young or not even born when Johnson and Nixon were Presidents. Bush leads a happy time parade compared to the harrassment those two Presidents experienced.

[Ultra Peanut]

"Today is the day I've dreamed of! Begin the cheese-eating contest!"

[memyselfI]

Wasn't the same guy who tried to 'convert' the lion to Christianity, was it? ROFL

[beavis]

Hey Taco, gochiefs is gonna come over to your house and watch the game with you today. You shouldn't have a problem with that, should you?

[mikey23545]

Hey Taco, gochiefs is gonna come over to your house and watch the game with you today. You shouldn't have a problem with that, should you?

Taco is probably getting his yule log ready now....

Of course, GoChiefs is probably just going to keep circling Taco's block and never get the nerve to go in...