I am not convinced that Mr. Gibson is a hardcore anti-Semite. If he really is, I hope his heart is changed. But a man out driving his car at 2:00 am, drunk-as-a-skunk, who says what he said, obviously has some serious problems we don't know anything about. He is mortified with shame as it reflects on him, his WIFE and his CHILDREN, as he should be. As any of us should be. He has given what certainly appears to be a sincere apology, mentioning everything and everybody he can in showing remorse, and there's not even a HINT of an "excuse" from his statement to the press & public. WHAT MORE CAN HE DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM to EVERYONE'S SATISFACTION? Kill himself? Is that what the anti-Mel Gibson people want? To those who are not satisfied, WHAT MORE CAN HE DO OR SAY TO SHOW HE IS SERIOUS AND REMORSEFUL? Go to the Holocaust museum, trailed by the sanctified media? Attend a local Temple service? Renounce Christ and convert to Judiasm? (He's a Catholic.) Would that suffice everyone? There is NOT ONE PERSON reading this who is without sin. If you were in his shoes, do you think you could do a better job of satisfying all your critics? I know I couldn't. It would be impossible. I'm disappointed and shocked what came out of his mouth when he was drunk, but HE WAS DRUNK!
If this episode is what it takes to answer some questions in his own mind, whatever they are, then so be it. He doesn't and won't get a total pass on his public drunken behavior and dangerous DUI, and he'll have to go to court, plus he has and will have the media to answer to for the rest of his life. How many of us have had stupid things we've done and said splashed across the screen, day after day, for everyone to comment on? (If the sin in my life was fodder for the MSM, I probably wouldn't be breathing right now.) I think Mr. Gibson must have a lot of anguish inside right now, whether or not he's checked into a rehab unit, which is what they all do when something similar happens to "them." I think some are sincere, and some just do it to cool down the negative publicity. I hope Mr. Gibson is sincere. I really do. Hang in there, Mel.
I want to add this to my post. When a person is drunk, it loosens inhibitions that normally are in place otherwise. It would be naive to say Mr. Gibson doesn't have certainly some "reservations" about Jews, but exactly what they are remains to be seen. So to anyone who would surmise I don't realize the effects alcohol creates, I add this. But judge Mr. Gibson on what he does, not on what he says when he's drunk. Disney has now pulled the T.V. mini-series production he was working on about a Dutch Jew during the Holocaust. So, Gibson is paying already. So, has Abe Foxman of ABC HELPED the Jews by doing this, or hindered them?
A large part of what's driving this outpouring of outrage is that people who had defended Gibson of accusations of anti-Semitism in the past now feel that he played them for saps and fools. Naturally, they're ticked off about that.