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Mel Gibson's statement on his DUI arrest
GrandForksHerald.com ^ | 7/29/06

Posted on 07/29/2006 1:51:47 PM PDT by LdSentinal

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To: veronica
>Boy, did I have him pegged

Didn't some Freepers
give you hell? Has anyone
said, "You're right, we're wrong?"

41 posted on 07/29/2006 2:05:52 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: Mr. Brightside

So, he apologized? Big deal...he's a Jew-Hater and I will NEVER give him another dime of my money.


42 posted on 07/29/2006 2:06:03 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: badpacifist

?????


43 posted on 07/29/2006 2:06:18 PM PDT by Yorlik803 ( When are we going to draw a line a say"this far and no farther")
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To: Scarlet7
If Mel said derogatory comments about the Jews what would you suggest he do to make amends?

Move to New York and run for the U.S. senate?

44 posted on 07/29/2006 2:06:47 PM PDT by jla
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To: encm(ss)
Love Mel for what he is.

And what exactly is he? He's a movie-maker who hates Jews.

45 posted on 07/29/2006 2:06:57 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: veronica

Judge not, lest ye be judged.


46 posted on 07/29/2006 2:07:02 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (It looks like one of those days when one nuke is just not enough-- Lt. Col. Mitchell, SG-1)
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To: LdSentinal
OK, he said all this wacky stuff on only 0.12 % alcohol level?

That isn't "crazy drunk". That's just crazy.

Mel has built up a lot of infrastructure around his religious views. If he seriously wants to solve what's going on in his mind, there is going to be a lot of fallout to those around him.

47 posted on 07/29/2006 2:07:15 PM PDT by Yossarian (Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity.)
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To: LdSentinal
Film star and director Mel Gibson has launched a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, comparing his leadership to the barbaric rulers of the Mayan civilisation in his new film Apocalypto. Oh yeah ask him about the Pope too.... not the real pope he says very quietly
48 posted on 07/29/2006 2:07:33 PM PDT by badpacifist (yo deo oh ...oh de oh)
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To: LdSentinal

I'm going to give him a break here for one reason: there are things that I have done and said that I am deeply ashamed about, and reflecting and meditating on that flawed behavior has changed me as a man. Maybe he is a screaming Jew hater. He can change. One thing that Christianity has taught me is that all have sinned and all can be forgiven. Another lesson I've learned is that people are transcendent beings. We are not stuck on autopilot like God's lesser creatures. In fact, some of things that I am deeply ashamed about are contained somewhere in documents that are now sealed, so I know what it is like to have your shameful behavior posted in public for all to see. I know how small and stupid I felt; for a star like Mel Gibson, that public display must be extraordinarily humilating. I hope Mel uses this incident to become a better man.


49 posted on 07/29/2006 2:07:39 PM PDT by redpoll (redpoll)
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To: dfwgator
Lots of denial going on here. It's difficult when your hero falls so far.
50 posted on 07/29/2006 2:08:06 PM PDT by veronica (Clown Posse - bear-ly sane...)
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To: sinkspur

I have no contempt, only pity. I'm sure his heart is in the right place. He just can't control his impulses. Such a loss.


51 posted on 07/29/2006 2:08:07 PM PDT by LilyBean
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To: Yorlik803
What a fallacious argument that you have to be free of fault before you can criticize someone for being a drunk-driving, Jew-hating moron. You do sound like a Democrat. I bet you could get a job as a spokesperson for Patrick Kennedy or even Ted Kennedy.
52 posted on 07/29/2006 2:08:31 PM PDT by TSchmereL ("Rust but terrify.")
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To: Scarlet7
If Mel said derogatory comments about the Jews what would you suggest he do to make amends? Seriously.

Disavow his father's remarks about Jews, for starters.

Remember his "My father never told me a lie" in the Diane Sawyer interview?

If he still believes that, then he's as racist as his dad.

53 posted on 07/29/2006 2:08:40 PM PDT by sinkspur (Today, we settled all family business.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I have every right to judge anti-semites.


54 posted on 07/29/2006 2:08:56 PM PDT by veronica (Clown Posse - bear-ly sane...)
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To: laconic

Hmmm me wonders if everyone on here (especially myself) would apologize as sincerly over what we have said sober, let alone drunk. It is VERY rare that you hear such accountability of ones behavior of a public figure. Especially one in hollywood or in politics.

I hate drunks and I have worked with many of the deputies from the lost hills station, so I know what they put up with, I hope Mel pays the price for his offense.

I would imagine we need to all recognize that if anyone actually cared what we said at anytime anywhere enough to put it in the paper for our friends and family and co workers to see, we would be just as ashamed and not have alcohol to blame.

Walkingfeather


55 posted on 07/29/2006 2:09:09 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: Scarlet7

In case you don't understand what's going on in this world..every Jew has a target on their heads. That includes me and probably 25% of the people on this website. The last thing we need is a high-profile AMERICAN Celebrity saying things like this.


56 posted on 07/29/2006 2:09:24 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: SJackson; Alouette

For your pinglists.


57 posted on 07/29/2006 2:09:40 PM PDT by Petronski (Living His life abundantly.)
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To: badpacifist

That was rude on your part


58 posted on 07/29/2006 2:09:44 PM PDT by mel
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To: LdSentinal

I like Mel Gibson and I love the conservative messages in his recent movies like Brave heart.

He has made the best, and the most pro American Vietnam war movie ever made.

His movie on the last hours of the Lord Jesus Christ's last hours is unmatchable in Hollywood history, and will endure far past his lifetime.

He is an alcoholic and got busted again for drunk driving.

So far I'm shocked at the viscousness of the feelings many on FR have towards him.

I think the liberals will be even worse in their responses, so it will be interesting to see how a DUI charge unfolds for the Hollywood directer that would dare to make "Passion of the Christ".

Before he made his pro Christian movie, nobody would have predicted that the popular movie star Mel Gibson would become a hated figure to much of the power establishment in Hollywood and opinion makers in the media.


59 posted on 07/29/2006 2:09:56 PM PDT by ansel12 (Life is exquisite... of great beauty, keenly felt.)
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To: sinkspur
Remember his "My father never told me a lie" in the Diane Sawyer interview?

Which, considering his father is a raving Holocaust denier, is an interesting comment.

60 posted on 07/29/2006 2:10:15 PM PDT by veronica (Clown Posse - bear-ly sane...)
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