[akorahil]

Though his comments were regrettable, as well as a few disappointed FReepers...

I postulate another reason why Mr. Gibson, got caught (wanted to).

It isn't unheard of for celebs to do something outlandish to get noticed for an alterior motive...

I think this is an easier 'sell' (to me anyway) than to believe his hatred for Isreal/Judiasm comes seething out now.

If he truly had so much hatred, wouldn't we have heard about it by now?

[oldleft]

He actually has a track record of being accused of anti-Semitic remarks, this time he actually recorded. He father has made some outlandish remarks about Jews and is a bona fide Holocaust denier.

[ketelone]

Yeah, what with his new movie "Apocalypto" coming out soon enough....

[juliej]

Didn't you read the interview in which he said "My father never lied to me"? He could have said "My father is a great dad but he hs some nutty ideas" but he didn't say that. Something is wrong here. I suspect he believes that Judaism is worthy of contempt, and are no longer G-d's chosen people. I have also read that he does not recognize the Pope.