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.

Yeah...the second apology was a little over the top, but still the 
overall sentiment is good.  Really before this the most public 
apologies we had were Russell Crow hitting someone in the head with a 
phone and apologizing and Hugh Grant whose apology was "I did something 
bad and stupid..." (Shrug)"Sorry!".  I found it interesting that both 
Dennis Prager and jackie Mason rose to his defense (Jackie said that 
Pat Boone told him that he does not think Gibson is an anti-semite and 
that was good enough for Mason.  According to Jackie, he doesn't think 
there is another man who loves Jews as much as Pat Boone).  One point 
Mason made was that Gibson was drunk, and he feels you cannot put to 
much stock in what people say when they are drunk.  Prager left room 
for this being rather calculated on Gibsons part, but stated that he 
feels until Gibson shows otherwise he should be taken for his word and 
judged by the actions that follow.  He feels the Jewish Community are 
obligated to accept the apology and the request for help.  He noted 
that Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame called his radio show to agree 
with the sentiment.

Thom
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