tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post351681255980395579..comments2023-10-08T08:19:33.457-07:00Comments on To Kiss A Mezuzah: Having Your Picture Taken is Nothing Like Being RapedSusan Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00840373234747823781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-68239578442533339052011-10-11T22:51:05.040-07:002011-10-11T22:51:05.040-07:00Dear Ms. Barnes-I think that this whole thing is a...Dear Ms. Barnes-I think that this whole thing is a very unfortunate incident on both sides. It's terrible that Johnny Depp used the expression "rape" to describe his extreme hatred of being photographed. As a woman and close friend of a rape victim (my friend was gangbanged in a Manhattan subway station by 3 men and hurt internally so badly she needed surgery, and i'm telling you this so you will not think me insensitive), I am very well aware of the effects of rape and the after effects as well even 25 years after the event.<br /><br />I have an unusual background. I am Jewish. My mother was Jewish (I started to write is and had to change it because she just died in August. My Dad was Jewish too, but with a twist - he was part Native American. Comanche, I believe not that that matters much, but I because I'm part Native American and was taught to be proud of my background (I do wear bear fetishes and other Native American jewelry and have studied about the different tribes and customs), I'm aware that some indigenous peoples do not want to be photographed as they believe that it steals their soul from their body. This is a spiritual belief. I think that Mr, Depp meant to say something along those lines. It's a very different experience for him to be photographed (as himself) as opposed to filmed when he's in character playing a part.<br /><br />I believe that that is what he meant to say, though not as eloquently as I just did. Perhaps also having a more unusual background allowed me to step back and understand things from everyone's perspective without so much heat as well. <br /><br />I think Mr. Depp is a very fine actor and I've enjoyed watching him in all of the films in which I've seen him. It was an unfortunate comment, but I believe that he meant something along the lines of what I said, and I would not condemn him for being flustered and saying something like he did - after all - if you have a sense spiritually that being photographed is a kind of robbing your soul, then there is a feeling of rape in a sense, not in the full sense of all of the violence and repercussions, but he felt violated and anyone is entitled to feel the way they do. <br /><br />G-d made us all as individuals with free will. We are all different creatures and experience things differently.Kahlilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556245146460298799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2199205905935393822.post-88400556843153958682011-10-05T10:32:43.178-07:002011-10-05T10:32:43.178-07:00Why do people say such terrible and ignorant thing...Why do people say such terrible and ignorant things in public? I have more thoughts on his stupid remark but they aren't nice so I will just keep them to myself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com