Incidentally, what the heck is that ridiculously obvious attempt to slander Mel with his father's silly statements coming from? It's starting to get to the point where anyone who mentions Hutton Gibson stands primae facie condemned of demogoguery. This article is no exception. It contends that unless Mel rejects his father, he's evil. Let's go the other way. Anyone expecting Mel to reject his father is advocating evil. Nyah. Nyah.
Yeah, G's Louise! "My dad never lied to me" doesn't equate to "my dad never told me anything that was ignorant."
I agree that is was reprehensible to use an 85-year old man's statements to condemn Mel Gibson, and JFK was never held responsible for JoeKennedy's Nazi-loving views. But Hutton Gibson is a WACKO, no doubt about it. His views are historically ignorant, paranoid and just plain silly. But he's an old man, so I just laugh at it. Idiots like Abe Foxman and the NYT took the bait ad slammed him, leading to only increased publicity for "Passion".