Posted on 10/04/2006 12:06:53 PM PDT by SJackson
Sometimes it feels like we're always in a race with time. We're always in a hurry to get things done or racing to get somewhere fast or just trying to meet somebody else's deadline. Being in a hurry is part of our nature. Impatience to fulfill our most basic needs is imbued in our creation. A baby cries forcefully demanding its milk while a fully-grown corporate executive pounds his fist on the table demanding work be done.
We're always racing but we never seem to catch up. Now, superstar Mel Gibson is telling us to relax and enjoy the ride before it all ends in 2012. Whenever this man speaks, somebody makes him apologize. The other day he took his new movie, "Apocalypto," to a film festival to promote it and made some remarks critical of the Iraq war and the decline of our civilization.
Gibson's work in movies like "Braveheart" and "Patriot" demonstrate that he is a "for God and country" type of man. God weighed heavily on his heart when he made "The Passion of the Christ," which infuriated the Jewish institution in America. Then he made his famous anti-Jewish remarks on July 28th when he was arrested for drinking and driving. He cursed at the officers and told them, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in this world." Obviously, he was disturbed by the Israel-Lebanon war.
The following day he ate his words and groveled in one apology after the other to the Jewish community. They let the storm die down but they never forgave him and he lost some film contracts in the end. Then, he pleaded no contest to the drinking and driving offense on August 18. The judge ordered him to get treatment for alcoholism and to do some public service work. On August 20, the "Los Angeles Times" wrote an editorial calling for disqualifying Mel Gibson from doing public service announcements because he was not a good role model. The paper said, "Gibson should be declared celebrity non-grata, left to wrestle with his own demons in private, as most other bigoted people get to do. Obscurity would be the most fitting punishment for the man."
What do they want from the man besides the whole hearted apology that he made? Maybe he has to check himself into an "Anti-Semitism Rehabilitation Center" to cleanse himself of any critical thoughts of Jews. After completing such a program he will be singing their praises and preaching that they are God's chosen people. Otherwise, he should re-consider his entire existence as a public figure. I am sure that Mel has millions and millions of dollars so he can afford to speak his mind freely. That's why his apology is sincere and Jews must accept it and move on. The Pope made anti-Muslim remarks and then he apologized. No one called for his resignation or told him to cancel his existence as a public figure. We have to foster an atmosphere of dialogue that can accept the honest truths of all points of view.
In the latest remarks, Mel Gibson drew a parallel between the United States and the doomed Mayan civilization; the subject of his latest movie. He said, "The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again." To illustrate his point he asked, "What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?"
Everyone is critical of the Iraq war but why did such benign remarks draw any attention at all? It is because of the Jewish connection and the implication that Jews are bringing this civilization down. Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, made the linkage for us, stating, "If Jews are responsible for all the world's wars, then by that logic, they are responsible for the war in Iraq." He wants the 50-year old Oscar winning director to "put matters like that to rest. Until he does, it just hangs over him."
Gibson is a devout Christian and his politics are mostly conservative. He may have offered such scathing criticism of the Iraq war to appease the mostly anti-war Hollywood crowd. It seems like he needs to hire a political consultant these days, somebody like Dick Morris who advised Clinton. His anti-war remarks have now probably alienated his core group of conservative supporters and his anti-Jewish remarks alienated the Hollywood crowd and Democrats. Will all this affect his popularity or potential sales at the box office? Probably no. I predict the opposite will happen.
More people will see his movies than ever before. His remarks represent strong undercurrents in the political discourse. The Rapture Theory and the prophecy of the End Times are current topics discussed by most evangelists and media talk shows. Gibson seems to believe in these ideas and predicting the end of this world is a fulfillment of his convictions. He said, "I don't mean to be a doomsday guy, but the Mayan calendar does end in 2012, boys and girls." He seems to be giving us a hint about the end of our world as the United States falls to its doom like the Mayans did.
The concept of the End Times has been in the subconscious of man since the beginning of time, when he invented the idea that he was created in an instant by a Supreme Being we call God. Any race that has a starting point must also reach a finish line. If God created Adam about 10,000 years ago and started this human race, then at some point we are going to get tired of running in this marathon. There will be an end to this race.
We will inevitably reach our doom because of the deeds of our own hands. That doesn't mean the end of human existence. It is simply the end of the rat race that we have created with our own hands, where we turned ourselves into mere robots in a huge industrial machine.
It may also be the end of our racist thinking when we begin to see all humans as equals regardless of their "race, color, religion, or ethnicity." There is always a silver lining in every cloud and the end of our current way of life might also be the starting point of the God-given promise of a spiritual way of life. Mel Gibson might be right after all when he said, "I don't mean to be a doomsday guy."
What is disturbing to me is that when "The Passion.." was made many tried to erroneously assert that the Gospel (and there is one, not four) contained anti-Semitic passages. Gidson's alleged anti-Semitism has exacerbated this very wrong perception.
I can explain theologically why this is absolutely incorrect and people are confusing and misusing terms.
So why doesn't he run on back to Australia before the sky falls on his head...
We need to find a few 'programmers' in ancient Mayan to write a patch for the calendar, then the world can keep on cruising (Might be tougher than FORTRAN or COBOL, though...
Take your kids and skedaddle back to Down Under when you've had enough Mel.
It's a Gibson family tradition. And don't let the door hit you . . . well, you know the rest.
Mad Max 4 is finally coming out?
I think this is what happens when you're propped up for years by kiss assers telling you how great you are. It's an odd phenomenon. I wish someone would write a book about this phenomenon of famous people who believe they understand the way the world works better than anyone else.
Although you have to take into consideration the source of this article. HOWEVER, I also think we are going to hear even more outrageous things from old Mel. The Hollywood Jewish community abandoned him. I read an article that hardly any of his peers came to his daughter's wedding/ He's furious and basically free to say anything.
One of Art Bell's guests could probably figure it out.
So why don't we hear about Hollywood Jews denouncing Gary Busey for appearing in a Turkish muslim film as a barbaric Jewish doctor at Abu Ghraib stealing Iraiq prisoners' organs for wealthy Israelis and Americans?
Ladies and gentlemen:
People connected with the film industry have no special insights into the real world. They are not experts on global politics. They do not have an inside line on the future. They do not know who will be the next President, Senator, or Congressman.
Further, any statements they may make regarding scientific matters, religious issues, social unrest, or famine are based on the work of others, and may, or may not be correct.
Film directors, producers, and actors are just that. They know the film industry. Some are very good at what they do. However, to pay any attention to anything they say on subjects outside of that industry is similar to asking your plumber about that strange itching you've been experiencing. While the plumber may have an opinion regarding your skin condition, you have no reason to expect his opinion to be correct.
Mel Gibson is an actor. He is a director. He is a producer. He is involved with movie-making. That is his expertise. Beyond those issues, he is just another layman.
The star — who publicly sought help for his alcoholism less than two months ago — was spotted drinking beer in Austin, Texas, according to the upcoming issue of the National Enquirer.
“I couldn’t believe my eyes. Mel Gibson was swigging a Bud with two adoring young women hanging on his every word,” the tab quotes a musician named Steven Smith as saying. Smith claims that the alleged incident occurred at Stubb's Bar-B-Q on Sept. 22 at around 1:15 a.m. According to Smith, about 75 people were at the bar, but Gibson and his group were in an area that was “cordoned off so no one could bother him.”
Another unnamed source backs up the claim, telling the Enquirer “He definitely was drinking Budweiser. I saw him.”
Gibson was arrested on a drunk-driving charge on July 28 and erupted in an anti-Semitic tirade. On Aug. 17, he pleaded no contest; he was sentenced to three years probation and went into an out-patient treatment for his alcoholism.
Gibson was in Austin for the screening of his new movie, “Apocalypto,” but his rep insists that he drank no alcohol during the trip.
“The story’s not true,” spokesman Alan Neirob told The Scoop. “He wasn’t drinking anything alcoholic.
Gary Busey does not have the same kind of clout Mel Gibson has. Busey is already thought of as a joke....
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Probably for the same reason we don't hear Hollywood Christians denouncing Gary Busey for appearing in a Turkins muslim film, and do hear Hollywood Christians denouncing Mel.
Gary Busey is Gary Busey, Mel Gibson is Mel Gibson, one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
My guess, even though I haven't seen the press coverage, Mark Foley isn't the only 50s male to solicit over the internet.
Creativity requires imagination, ideas. This man seems to have those things in spades. But ideas are just that - ideas. They are not meant to be actual facts, necessarily unless designated as such. Fiction is fiction, and does not denote a statement of personal opinion. Many people who are and were Jewish have caused many problems in the world. By the same token, so have a great many who are and were NOT Jewish. OTOH, in a free country, why is is necessary for a man to apologize for his point of view? He is not a leader of the country. Every day Christianity is critisized by the MSM, the universities and public schools - they are definitely "leaders" of a sort, but they NEVER apologize. But the MSM's highlighting a controversial critisism of a man who has brought many good values before the people is so obviously biased in view of their championship of anything antipathetic to the family, the country and it's best interests. Depending on the effectiveness of their destructive endeavors, this country could well be on it's way out, as this man predicts.
WHY OH WHY can't the gorgeous ones just SHUT UP and let me enjoy looking at them???
But noooooooo, they have to share every political and religious microthought in their heads!
What we need is old-time Hollywood management, when they didn't let the stars make asses of themselves. Well crafted pesonas and images allowed for pure enjoyment and fantasy.
PLEASE shut up, Mel.
I just want to look at you in the movies!
His life is his own, but as an actor, director, producer, and in the wake of his Jews and wars comment, I'd expect he'd give some thought to the impact a toss away comment comparing GWB and the US to Mayan idolaters would have. Then again, it generates publicity which isn't necessarily bad.
And Methodist or Baptist drunks don't?
For once, the LA Times is right. Mel should be ignored.
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