But it's inevitible that feelings or opinions about an artist influence your acceptance of his work. I know it affects me to the extent that I avoid the person's work if I have no respect for him or her, no matter how "good" it might be. But in the case of Mr. Gibson, I don't care one way or the other because I don't feel that he has either the credentials or the power to affect my life or anybody else's if they do not give him that permission.
It appears to me that the majority of consumers of ANY product make emotional decisions rather than intellectual ones. I even quit liking an actor whom I had a crush on for 20 years when I discovered that he smoked cigars and was a Virgo. That was a bit too much
