He has no claim to political expertise and - clearly - is not very smart about it. He's hurt himself and - potentially - has hurt many millions of innocents. Anti-semitism has a very, very brutal history.
I think he recognizes his errors and his limitations. What more can you ask of a man?
If he wants forgiveness, a whole lot more. Gibson is a man of enormous talent and resources. He could put his money where his mouth is by committing part of that talent and resources to producing films that portray the true Christian message of peace on earth and good will towards man....even Jews.
>>What more can you ask of a man?<<
That he just shut-up.
For those of us that are traditional Catholics (not Traditional i.e. denying the mass of Vatican II) we are still pegged as Anti-Semitic constantly. We are not and the church teaches us that that way is wrong. He isn't helping.
Better he be silent and taken for a fool than to prove it.