[ChicagoHebrew]

I said that one has to reach back to the Middles ages to find an example of Christians who were incited to violence against the Jews by a passion play.

That's funny. I distinctly remember getting the sh*t kicked out of me by some Italian punks growing up in Philly for killing Christ. Granted, I don't know if their fists went straight from the theater to my face, but as they pounded into my skullI recall their mocking laughs of "Christ Killer." For the record, I'm 25 now, so this was less than 20 years ago.

[h.a. cherev]

I'm sorry for your pain, but that's a bit different than what RobbyS was talking about, isn't it?

[RobbyS]

They came directly from a showing of the Passion? Somehow I don't think that these guys were moved by piety, either.

[AAABEST]

Gee I grew up in an area in New York that was full of Italians and Jews and never, ever heard of anything anywhere near the contrived sounding nonsense you describe.

I'm Catholic, my grandfather is from Italy, many of my friends were Italian and many were Jewsish. Never once in my entire life have I heard ANYONE describe Jews as "Christ killers" or even remotely blame them for Christ's death. NOT ONCE EVER.

I'm wondering what I should rely on here. My own eyes and life experience or some internet newcomer who nobody knows anything about and who could as easily be an Arab as a Jew.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

That's funny. I distinctly remember getting the sh*t kicked out of me by some Italian punks growing up in Philly for killing Christ. Granted, I don't know if their fists went straight from the theater to my face, but as they pounded into my skull I recall their mocking laughs of "Christ Killer." For the record, I'm 25 now, so this was less than 20 years ago.

Punks need a "Christ-Killer" excuse to beat up Jews?

This will come as quite a shock to Islamists and pagan Neo-Nazis and every other Punk scumbag who also beats up Jews.... for whom "Christ-Killer" has nuthin' to do with it. (I suspect Islamists don't really care two beans about your attitude towards Jesus; it's your refusal to fall down and worship Allah and "Prophet" Mohammed that sticks in their craw).

Outta curiosity, which would you say is more likely:

• These Punks beat you up out of sincere Religious devotion, because they honestly considered you to be a "Christ-Killer"; or...

• These Punks called you a "Christ-Killer" because they were beating you up??

(In Other Words.... if not one excuse to rationalize their actions, don't you think they would have found another?)

[spunkets]

"For the record, I'm 25 now, so this was less than 20 years ago."

What? That's in the '80s! You were 5 and "remember getting the sh*t kicked out of me by some Italian punks growing up in Philly for killing Christ." That's insane.