LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mel Gibson (news), producer and director of "The Passion of the Christ," has obtained a restraining order against a man he says stalked him to demand that they pray together, according to court papers.
Zack Sinclair, a 34-year-old homeless man, also has sent a number of letters that Gibson described in a court declaration filed on Sept. 21 as "alarming, harassing and annoying."
Gibson said Sinclair came to his Malibu home on two consecutive days last month and "demanded to see me, saying that he wanted to pray with me."
After he was "told to leave and not return," Sinclair showed up at Gibson's church the following day and "approached me, interrupted my worship, stood extremely close (approximately six inches) from me and demanded that I pray with him," Gibson said in the statement.
When Sinclair returned to the actor's home again the next day, Gibson's wife called police and had him arrested.
Sinclair was still in jail on Friday on charges of disorderly conduct and misdemeanor loitering on private property, a sheriff's spokeswoman said.
The temporary restraining order prevents Sinclair from approaching Gibson or his family. A hearing on the matter is set for Wednesday.
What about the whole "love thy neighbor" deal? it seems that Gibson seems to adhere to the principles of his religions only when its about to make him millions.
fgalkin wrote:
What about the whole "love thy neighbor" deal? it seems that Gibson seems to adhere to the principles of his religions only when its about to make him millions.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
thats pretty harsh. There is a not so subtle difference between 'loving thy neighbor' and 'giving into the delusional demands of some random whacko'
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.” -Tom Clancy
fgalkin wrote:
What about the whole "love thy neighbor" deal? it seems that Gibson seems to adhere to the principles of his religions only when its about to make him millions.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Oh come on There's a difference between telling someone who's being polite and resonable to bugger off, and telling the same to someone who's actually stalking and harassing you.
I mean multiple letters and he still hunted down where Gibson goes to church and proceeded to harass him some more.
If this was just some guy who goes to the same church and asked this...fine I could see Gibson being a tad bit reactionary, but this wasn't the case and from what inforamtion is presented I side with Mel on this issue.
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Sharp-kun wrote:
Oh come on There's a difference between telling someone who's being polite and resonable to bugger off, and telling the same to someone who's actually stalking and harassing you.
exactly. It is no different than some loony harrassing one of us day and night demanding to read The Origin of Species together.
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.” -Tom Clancy
fgalkin wrote:it seems like my dislike of Mel Gibson has colored my perspective.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
This is something you have to beware of. As an atheist, I am not sympathetic to Gibson's religious perspective. And I marvel at how so many otherwise rational people look at his film "The Passion of the Christ" (or "The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre" as I think of it) and gush at how great Jesus' love for us was for him to endure such torture on our behalf to earn our forgiveness for our sins, without asking themselves the obvious question of why God should require such a horrible act of bloodletting, and why it is apparently beyond the power of a supposedly omnipotent God simply to forgive when people sincerely repent for their misdeeds.
But though I may disagree with someone's worldview and outlook on life strongly, as I certainly do with Mel Gibson, I don't allow this to color my judgement so that I make clearly unfair and unreasonable judgements of him. By the same token, I also think politically active liberal celebrity loudmouths like Tim Robbins and Martin Sheen are idiotic blowhards, who whine how their free speech is being threatened when they have press conferences and do TV interviews, and make use of forums that the rest of us poor proles could never get access to. But if something like this were happening to them, I wouldn't be rubbing my hands with glee, thinking how unfair it is for them to try and curtail this guys free speech when he's just trying to express his opinions to them. Fair is fair. As Wesley Snipes said in "Demolition Man": you can't take away people's right to be assholes. But just because they exercise that right, you also can't let your disapproval of them and their ideas lead you to treat them unfairly.
There's a difference between telling someone who's being polite and resonable to bugger off, and telling the same to someone who's actually stalking and harassing you.
