More than you know. (Credit to Registered.)
Posted on 07/31/2006 12:29:38 PM PDT by veronica
Edited on 07/31/2006 1:43:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I was just in the middle of writing a long and tedious essay, about how to tell a real anti-Semite from a person who too-loudly rejects the charge of anti-Semitism, when a near-perfect real-life example came to hand. That bad actor and worse director Mel Gibson, pulled over for the alleged offense of speeding and the further alleged offense of speeding under the influence, decided that he needed to demand of the arresting officer whether he was or was not Jewish and that he furthermore needed to impart the information that all the world's wars are begun by those of Semitic extraction.
Call me thin-skinned if you must, but I think that this qualifies. I also think that the difference between the blood-alcohol levels—and indeed the speed limits—that occasioned the booking are insufficient to explain the expletives (as Gibson has since claimed in a typically self-pitying and verbose statement put out by his publicist). One does not abruptly decide, between the first and second vodka, or the ticks of the indicator of velocity, that the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are valid after all.
There's a lot to dislike about Gibson. He is given to furious tirades against homosexuals of the sort that make one wonder if he has some kind of subliminal or "unaddressed" problem. His vulgar and nasty movies, which also feature this prejudice, are additionally replete with the cheapest caricatures of the English.
Not much. But, I am no longer convinced my friend or the people in that house are.
He darn sure did.
http://www.slate.com/id/2090083/
More than you know. (Credit to Registered.)
You prove my point. You didn't like communists (nor do I) and ranted against them. You didn't accuse those people of being Norwegians or plumbers.
Well, as a former drunk myself, I respectfully disagree with you. (Just as an aside, there sure are alot of us there at FR :)
its not a crime. we are simply trying to assess whether it occurred, with evidence over and above the police report - either an admission, or the police car video/audio tape.
Lets get our priorities straight, then.
I still can't help but think a little free publicity may have been in the mix, but I also won't discount his opinions; be they alcohol induced, or alcohol enabled.
How many of us here have never ushered a slur? (ummmm.....Besides me :)
Only Christians are taught to turn the other cheek.....and these men are not Christians.
No. I didn't prove your point. I made mine.
Once the booze wore off, I did not believe they were communists.
If it is true, then what?
Well, at least Mel didn't leave his wife to drown after drunkenly driving his SUV off a bridge. He didn't tell someone he raped to ice her lip either.
Who here hasn't said some really stupid things during a fit of anger after a bad day?
I didn't realize that there were so many utterly perfect and blameless people on the FR.
I had also head this, but I've since heard (on FR last week) that she changed her mind and decided not to take her vows.
Wow.. Quilter..I looked it up and I stand corrected. In fact, she became engaged, but I can't google up if she ever married?
Anyway, thank you for the update..blush :)
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Huh, a ding bat from Hollywood. Will wonders never cease?
You too?
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