Re: mel gibson arrested for d.u.i. (nasty rumours abound)

Interesting.

I give ther mahn credit, he is not afraid to stand up and admit he was a 
jack ass.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter T. Chattaway" <petert@...>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] mel gibson arrested for d.u.i. (nasty rumours abound)

> http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/2006/08/mel-gibson-asks-jewish-community-for.html
>
> Mel Gibson has finally confirmed that the "despicable" comments he made,
> while he was being arrested for alleged drunk driving, were in fact
> anti-Semitic. And now he's asking for help. Here's his latest statement,
> issued today, via the Associated Press:
>
>    There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who
> thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize
> specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and
> harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was
> arrested on a DUI charge.
>
>    I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and
> thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight
> in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility
> for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and
> offended by those words.
>
>    The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise
> charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God's child,
> and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please
> know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred
> of any kind goes against my faith.
>
>    I'm not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step
> further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can
> have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
>
>    I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now
> realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of
> understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken
> display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally
> offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching
> out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in
> that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be
> understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.
>
>    This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is
> about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have.
> Its about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.
>
> --- Peter T. Chattaway ------------- http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/ ---
> Nothing tells memories from ordinary moments; only afterwards do they
>   claim remembrance, on account of their scars. -- Chris Marker, La Jetee
>
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