Lethal Weapon 5: Mel's Drunk

Well, well, well...If it isn't Tom Cruise shooting his mouth of, it's another favorite celebrity of mine, Mel Gibson. I do not usually enjoy the intoxication-related mishaps of celebrities or anyone for that matter. But, in cases where the celebrity is someone who has boldly spoken-out against causes that I find important, I am likely to revel in the wake of their own, publicly private, disasters.

Mel Gibson was accused of being somewhat anti-Semitic (if you can be only partly anti-Semitic) after his film "Passion of the Christ" was released. That whole thing with his father minimizing the Holocaust didn't help. Mel said he wasn't an anti-Semite and his movie did gloriously. It was blessed at the box office. Fast-forward to a couple of days ago: Mel Gibson makes anti-Semitic comments to a male police officer and sexist comments to his female counterpart. The police officer couldn't be lying, could he? Doubtful.

I could go on but it is enough for me to repeat here that Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving, was belligerent and a bigot when dealing with the authorities and as the latest news has stated, is checking himself into rehab. Oh how the mighty have begun their descent. I suppose he doesn't want anyone talking about this and I also suppose that is too bad. Self-righteousness is not only distasteful, it is poison that eventual you end up swallowing yourself. I do not wish ill on Mr. Gibson but I do hope that this will humble him and begin him on the path of using his powers for good and not less.

By the way, what topic did Mel use to offend me other than the 2 above? See the blog below.