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That new Mel Gibson movie about Jesus is starting to make some serious waves. People are mostly worked up because they think the movie will be anti-Semitic, but some are just worried about it being too violent or factually inaccurate. Also, I guess Jesus wears Nike sandals for the whole movie. What a sellout.

The Huna and I have talked about protesting movies before, mostly because we figured it'd be an easy way to get on TV. After all, if the media will set-up over at the neighborhood 20-plex just to interview parents protesting the newest Harry Potter movie - because, apparently, reading is bad for kids - then they'd be all over a couple of loudmouthed doofs like us. Baby.takeCandy().

We talked about protesting that Jackass movie. It's rated 'R', so we figured it'd be fun to stand outside and try and card all the minors that were being [illegally] allowed to see it. Guaranteed that'd make for awesome television.

There was only one problem. In the name of fairness and accuracy I decided to preview the movie before we protested. And it totally frickin' ruled. Depriving a 17-year-old kid the opportunity to see Johnny Knoxville's rocket skates no longer felt like a fake cause I wanted to be a part of. Also, we were too lazy to get anything organized. *Sigh* Maybe next time.

Now this new Jesus movie is coming out and people are seriously going to protest it. I think I'll skip this one, too. I thought about going meta and protesting the protesters, but then I realized that this is probably one of those 'real' issues that I don't want be seen on TV taking *any* side on.

Again, maybe next time.