I could be dead wrong on this, but I think there is probably much more to this story than simple bigotry. They say Hollywood can be a vicious environment for those that refuse to ‘toe the line’. This may be a story of a man who has felt somewhat ‘persecuted’ himself by the Hollywood elite, and let out his frustrations in one stupid, drunken binge. We’ll probably never know.

As for downplaying the incident, I’d like to believe that’s because the police are doing due diligence and looking for connections, but I don’t believe it. It’s all part and parcel of the disturbing practice we see in the West of downplaying and ignoring Islamic extremism and not calling it what it is, much like the way liberals seem incapable of acknowledging that Stalin killed 10’s of millions and Castro, despite his coutries high literacy rate and free medical car, has murdered countless numbers of people and turned Cuba into a gulag.

- Bang

Did Gibson hurt anybody? Did he even hint at violence?

He said something stupid, I don’t dispute that — but a self identified muslim goes on a shooting spree inside a Jewish organization, and the story isn’t worth covering?

First, I’d just like to respond to Phil from the earlier post, that drinking does not necessarily cause a loss of the knowledge of right and wrong. Though it can for some, I believe it’s more accurate to say that for most, drinking makes it easier to overcome their sense of right and wrong. I know that in my case, I maintain that sense and am even aware enough to recognize situations when using the “drunk excuse” would have been advantageous, but I declined to go that route, because despite my level of intoxication, it still seemed lame. Indeed, getting ripped is wrong all by itself, and I’m aware of that as well. But enough about me, and ain’t it about time?

As to the story itself, the more I hear of it, the more I feel the only appropriate response should have been, “What an idiot!” and not much more. Are we so thinned skinned that we should expect anyone to be crucified because that got some beer-balls and talked trash? This indicates nothing of his true feelings about Jews, only that he knows how to piss them off. Unless he’s serious about it being a dark part of his personality, the event holds no meaning whatsoever. And even then, he may only be doing damage control due the over-the-top reaction to his moment of stupidity. After all, who in public life would want THAT albatross hanging around his neck?

In Richard Roepers column on the story, he spoke of Mel calling the cop a motherf***er and that he was gonna f**k him. “Then it got ugly.” as Roeper said. I don’t know if Roeper was just being glib, as his columns can be smarmy sometimes, but if he was being serious, I’d have to say that Mel was already being ugly before the anti-Semetic stuff. He was being abusive to the cop already. Why is it worse to use the anti-Semetic lingo than the other coarse lingo?

But the more I hear, the more I see this as a huge non-story. He drank, he drove, he got busted, he behaved poorly. Case closed, let’s move on. Israel still stands. I’m sure that there’s a few thousand Jews in northern Israel that would exchange the real hate they’re dealing with for Mel’s drunken tirade any day of the week.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m getting another drink.

What a rough lesson to learn.