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To: Phsstpok

Since Mel Gibson made it a point to apologize for saying it, he likely said it, wouldn't you think? Why apologize for something you DIDN'T say?


78 posted on 10/19/2006 6:29:17 PM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: TommyDale
Since Mel Gibson made it a point to apologize for saying it, he likely said it, wouldn't you think? Why apologize for something you DIDN'T say?

Here you go, here's the full text of what Mel Gibson has said about this.

Mel Gibson's apology: full text
Statement released by Mel Gibson on August 1 over his tirade during drink-driving arrest

"There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologise specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.

"I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologise directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.

"The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honour my God I have to honour his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.

"I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.

"I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realising is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery.

"Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.

"This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognising the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.

So, where did he admit to saying "Jews are to blame" ?  That's what this is about, after all.

Do you want to take this to a court of law?  Based on the available evidence, you'll lose.  Big time.  If you don't know that then you are really, really naive.

Again, I'm not talking about "did he or didn't he."  I want to know what is really provable or actionable in a court.  Anything else is almost certainly politically/religiously motivated and is part of an agenda, and for 90% of those pushing that agenda it is as a service to the Jihadis.  After all, Mel Gibson made that hugely successful movie about Jesus, therefore he must be destroyed!  Personally I think this has been blown way out of proportion by those who have an agenda far removed from truth or honor.  I am 100% unwilling to accept ignorant "I heard " or "I read" kinds of posts.  So far that's all I'm getting. That and a very limited number of links to totally BS rumor or "secret info" sites.  If he's guilty I want to know what he's guilty of and I want to see the evidence because it is absolutely without question (references upon request, though I doubt anyone has the guts to ask) that most of the crap so far is motivated by folks motivated by someone other than God.

 

87 posted on 10/19/2006 6:56:33 PM PDT by Phsstpok (Often wrong, but never in doubt)
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