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| | Andrew Stuttaford on Martin Sheen on National Review Online |
 | | That Sheen's numerous crusades may have religious roots should not exempt them from criticism, nor should the fact that the actor is, by all accounts, "sincere." When it comes to an agenda like Sheen's, sincerity in and of itself is no defense. |
 | | One of the hallmarks of Sheen's activism is the number of times he has been arrested, around 70 at the latest count, often carefully choreographed for photogenic spectacle, which might include, say, prayer (yet another Nagasaki protest, this one at Los Alamos in 1999) or, for real excitement, fake blood (Fort Benning, same year). |
 | | Sheen is a zealot: a man so convinced of his own rectitude that, for him, any compromise becomes a sin. |
| www.nationalreview.com /stuttaford/stuttaford031403.asp (1245 words) |
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