LAist: Mel Gibson Sorry for Drunk Driving, Not for Hating Jews

James Hunter

Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:21:59 -0800

Geez people!i would think that half the world has made some pretty stupid remarks while drunk as a skunk.Havn't we all.Get the help you need Mel and i'll see you on the big screen. Hang in there bud and don't let them get you down.

Shucky

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:31:01 -0800

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." Jesus, perhaps the most famous Jew in history, understood that we all have sin in our hearts. Anyone claiming to be without ugly feelings in their heart, at some times about some things, is just another liar and hypocrite. If Mel is contrite, as he appears to be, then he deserves some slack. Many of the same people who condemn his ugly words about Jews look the other way when Jews get slaughtered.

David Topping (from Toronto)

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:53:36 -0800

Wow. You know people are intensely racist when they invent new racist words..."jewmob?"

True Christian

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:41:15 -0800

To hate the Jew is to hate our savior, Jesus Christ. Gibson has much to learn and much to forget...

Buddy Jones

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:58:44 -0800

Regardless, Mel Gibson is a lousy actor. Plenty of drunks are good actors, past and present, but not Mel. Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, and Richard Harris could be drunk as lords and still play everything from Shakespeare to modern day drama. Poor old Mel has been okay a couple times (Gallipoli, and the other one escapes my memory) and downright lousy most of the time. His biggest fans love the dumbest action flicks, and wouldn't know any better, as long as it's some kind of buddy picture with Mel acting smiley, so I guess it hasn't hurt his career. Even getting drunk and yelling racial insults like some mouth-breather from the Ku Klux Klan probably won't hurt his career, since his biggest fans probably talk the same way when they're just sitting around their trailer. Still, it would help if Mel could act. Like now. Acting like he's sorry for making such an ass of himself would be a start.

Carl McBride

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:05:58 -0800

Yo, Braveheart was awesome but Mel Gibson is a prick.

Wow... civilization has come to this?

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:58:34 -0800

I will keep this brief because I am sure my comments will make little difference to people like Jodete, and the person in Post [3], who simply hate people whom they know nothing about. To say the Jews started WWI and WWII simply shows that you know nothing of history at all. Go to a reputable source and read about the causes and effects of WWII. You will see that the Jews were a scapegoat for the struggling Germans of the 1920s, along with homosexuals (whom you probably hate too, and the mentally challenged). It seems you would have been persecuted too after all! A bit of trivia for you though: the world has ~6billion people, 18 million are Jewish. That’s less than .02%. One third live in the USA, or .3% of the population of this country. You blame your problems on the Jews because you are full of hate and know no better. The Jews, Christians, and Muslims who live in Israel simply want to carry on their lives in a progressive society where their lives aren't threatened on a day-to-day basis. Israel never initiates attack towards her neighbors, but instead is bombarded everyday. When Israel fires on attacking militants, they strategically place unfortunate civilians in the crossfire. The Israelis try to prevent casualties, but it is impossible to prevent 100% of them. The militants, whom the Israelis are combating, make it a point to target hospitals and kindergartens... Rather than apologize, as Israel does when it harms civilians, the Militants celebrate. They regards Jews, Christians, and anyone who doesn't accept the teachings of Allah as Infidels. Americans, we are next after Israel. I am Jewish, and I care about Palestinians. I, and most Israelis, wish not only for the Palestinians to have a country, but to thrive there and to live in a society that promotes individual progress and freedom. Now, especially with their elected militant leaders (hamas), Palestinians lack rights that you and I take for granted. If a Palestinian in Gaza opposes Hamas, their government, he or she will be killed. All Israel wants is the land which it currently has. They are even willing to give some up for peace. Israelis, like us, should be able to live without fear of homicide bombers and katyusha missiles, as should Palestinians, and nobody’s home should be taken away from them. As for the people above who support Gibson's bigotry and comments, I suppose you have heard the arguments I have put forth before, and yet again, you probably learned nothing from it. Unfortunately, the world will probably continue through cycles of warefare and predjudice simply because people like those above fail to study and learn from history. Bless you all. PS. Check out the link and remember it because poster [3]'s grandchildren will be taught to deny it.

Verysmart

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:18:13 -0800

It's obvious that Mel Gibson lied when he previously said he does not hate Jews. This incident was just proof of the hate he harbors inside probably due to his upbringing and his father's denial of the holocaust. His lack of control over alcohol and his temper is what is the most scarey. Just imagine what someone with so much hate and lack of control is capable of doing. As a nation of people of many religions and ethnic groups, we would be foolish to continue to pay this man to entertain us. We must stand together for peace and say "no" to Mel Gibson.

alan richards

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:54:57 -0800

Zionists were responsible for WWl and WWll. But for every Jew zionist out there, there are 10 white traitors who are their lapdogs and or use them in return. The Mossad runs the CIA/FBI as AIPAC controls our Government. Jews own most of Hollywood. I love it how they still deny that fact. LOL. We needlessly send our boys and girls to die for Israel and big, transnational corporations. I could care a rats ass about Muslims being killed in Israel/Palestine the same as I care about the exaggerated claims of the MILLIONS upon MILLIONS of "Holocaust survivors".

alan richards

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:54:35 -0800

http://www.laist.com/archives/2006/07/30/mel_gibson_sorry_for_drunk_driving_not_for_hating_jews.php

alan richards

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:52:35 -0800

alan richards

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:47:44 -0800

alan richards

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:46:48 -0800

Quandra

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:29:56 -0800

Sahyoon, I suppose the Jews are in Darfur, killing the Sudanese. No, I'm sorry those are the Arab Janjaweed who are killing the poor defenseless black Africans. I bet you, if you look real close, the only wars Jews are in are the ones started by Arab muslim extremists and their terrorists. Unfortunately, you have chosen to identify with this creepy bunch.

ben bang

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:58:20 -0800

Who knew people from backwoods Kentucky read laist?

Jfnatalie

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:38:42 -0800

He apologized to the police because at that point, the anti-semitic tirade had been covered up. He was trying to keep it that way. Now that it is out, he is just toast. I am Roman Catholic, and would like to point out that Jesus was a Jew, and He preached love. I don't think He would appreciate those earlier hate-filled posts.

Jfnatalie

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:16:06 -0800

He made the statement apologizing to the police, because the anti-semitic tirade had not got out yet, and he was hoping if he kissed their ass, they would cover it up, and his career could be saved. I am Roman Catholic, but Mel Gibson is toast!

Bill Maxwell

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:33:15 -0800

Are you familiar with blood alcohol content? Mel Gibson had a BAC of .12, which for a man his size equals 5-6 beers. All it takes is a six-pack to turn Mad Max into a raving anti-semite. Think about it.

Will Campbell

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:23:33 -0800

"...released a broad, grand, sweeping statement that focused far more on the LAPD than it did the Jewish community..." Just a point of order: It was the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. that was the arresting authority, and to whom Gibson's alleged comments and subsequent apologies were directed, not the LAPD.

Jodete Sahyoon

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:03:42 -0800

Mel Gibson is the bravest man in America. The zionists jews accused him of anti-semitisim when he made a great movie about our prophet Jesus, and now they are accusing him again for saying the truth 'The jews are responsible for all the wars in the world'.

United Nation is bullsh*t!

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:53:30 -0800

Jews are f**kin responsible for a lot of sh*t that happens in this world. and the muthaf**kers who run those corporations, starting a war to profit from it. F**k you USA, UK & Israel, Israel oh sorry.. theres no such place, its Palestine. F**k them and f**k those who dont want peace.

Dr.Bewildered

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:10:10 -0800

Guess I'm somewhat surprised at the elevated newsworthiness of Mel Gibson being pulled over for DUI and saying the kind of things drunk people say-- this time about Jews. I can't imaging this would get the notice it has if his rant had been about George Bush, Gibson's wife or anyone else. Perhaps that's the real story here, how within the painful and dangerous escalation of world events, Mel Gibson's drunken tirade becomes competes for headline statis. What ashame.

Doctor Donut

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:32:53 -0800

I guess that its a shame that Mel has slipped back into the bottle. We may never know the circumstances behind this, but Mel's drunken rants has provided the public a direct peipeline into the workings of his mind (out of control or not.) Guess he blames the Jews.......for a lot of things. Anyway, here's our official response to this "event" http://www.theweeklydonut.org/index.php/2006/07/29/mel-make-mine-a-double-gibson/