Martyr, Entrepreneur

Mel Gibson, perhaps America's premiere anti-Semite bar none, is going to be making a lot of money really soon. How? By franchising the death of Jesus. His latest venture: The Passion video game. (I'm not fucking kidding.)

But isn't this, really, evidence of how far we've come as a society? In past ages, those who were persecuted for their religious beliefs were subject everything from harrassment to torture, and some (this sounds wacky but it's true) were even crucified. But here and now, a victim of such persecution, as Gibson surely was (just ask him), is guaranteed to have lucrative marketing opportunities awaiting him. Isn't America just grand? Somewhere a bald eagle is soaring majestically.