Gibson: The Jews Are Also Responsible For My Drinking
It only took about 70 days before Mel Gibson decided which early morning show he would go on to try and "redeem" himself. Click the title to read an article about the Good Morning America interview.
In this, he says some things that are so absurd that I can't believe Sawyer let them pass without comment. Since I guess Mel is not going to come see me during his redemption tour, I'll address them here.
He's blaming his drinking on the basis that his movie was criticized before it was released? Was there, like, any particular group that was criticizing this movie? The Shriners? The Knights of Columbus? I think it's pretty obvious what he means here. And what's this crap about having his rights as an artist and a Christian violated? Is there some Bill of Rights that provides extra rights for Christians and artists? Can I see a copy of that, or does it only exist at the bottom of a tequila bottle?
This was a warm-up for his comments about Israel's war in Lebanon and his concern (since his 20's!) with the problems in the Middle East.
Forget for a minute your own opinion about's who or what is to blame, and concentrate on Mel's words. Gibson says there is a "conflict", and that the Jews are not "blameless" in the conflict.
A conflict has to have two sides, so in this context, it's obvious that in his view the conflict is between Israel and Lebanon (or Israel and other Middle East countries). And if Mel says the Jews are not blameless, then in his view the blame must be spread between Israel and Lebanon and other unspecified Middle East countries. And don't forget, he's been concerned about this since he was in his 20's.
So if blame is to be spread around, why when he was pulled over drunk, was he only ranting and raving about Jews? Shouldn't he have been doing a roll call of all the countries involved in the conflict and the relative percentage of blame they were responsible for?
I haven't seen the interview, but did Sawyer ask any kind of follow-up question like this? Or was she too busy thinking about how she looked on camera?
Despite Mel trying to put on a pretty public face on the incident, I think the drunken rant and the sober interview make it pretty clear how he really feels.
In this, he says some things that are so absurd that I can't believe Sawyer let them pass without comment. Since I guess Mel is not going to come see me during his redemption tour, I'll address them here.
He's blaming his drinking on the basis that his movie was criticized before it was released? Was there, like, any particular group that was criticizing this movie? The Shriners? The Knights of Columbus? I think it's pretty obvious what he means here. And what's this crap about having his rights as an artist and a Christian violated? Is there some Bill of Rights that provides extra rights for Christians and artists? Can I see a copy of that, or does it only exist at the bottom of a tequila bottle?
This was a warm-up for his comments about Israel's war in Lebanon and his concern (since his 20's!) with the problems in the Middle East.
Forget for a minute your own opinion about's who or what is to blame, and concentrate on Mel's words. Gibson says there is a "conflict", and that the Jews are not "blameless" in the conflict.
A conflict has to have two sides, so in this context, it's obvious that in his view the conflict is between Israel and Lebanon (or Israel and other Middle East countries). And if Mel says the Jews are not blameless, then in his view the blame must be spread between Israel and Lebanon and other unspecified Middle East countries. And don't forget, he's been concerned about this since he was in his 20's.
So if blame is to be spread around, why when he was pulled over drunk, was he only ranting and raving about Jews? Shouldn't he have been doing a roll call of all the countries involved in the conflict and the relative percentage of blame they were responsible for?
I haven't seen the interview, but did Sawyer ask any kind of follow-up question like this? Or was she too busy thinking about how she looked on camera?
Despite Mel trying to put on a pretty public face on the incident, I think the drunken rant and the sober interview make it pretty clear how he really feels.
posted by Beukey @ 4:19 AM
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