Mel Gibson's drama seems to have captured at least some of the headlines for the past few days and certainly much of cable television's attention.  His pleas to the Jewish community to help him with his healing process struck a familiar chord as I read it.  After a while I recalled exactly what it was.

Do you remember the scene in "Red October " when the "Dallas"  is under attack and the American Captain (Scott Glenn) tells his crew what the Lithuanian Commander of the Red October (Sean Connery) who is at the helm is doing"?

"Tactics.  Military Tactics. By turning into the path of the torpedo he is shortening the distance it takes for the torpedo to arm itself."

And so the unarmed torpedo hits the submarine and breaks apart harmlessly.

Pretty clever eh?