Ok, so by now most people would have heard the news that Mel Gibson was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol last week.  Now, I know that this is now last weeks news, but I haven’t been online at all, so I am now taking the chance to write a post about this event.

Once Mel was in police custody, he started into a barrage of anti-semitic abuse (not to mention his reference to a female police officer as “sugar tits”).  Among Gibson’s attacks on the Jews was “Fucking Jews. . . . The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”  Gibson then asked a deputy, “Are you a Jew?”  Great, this from a guy that tried his best to start a cultural war between American Jews and Christians over his film The Passion in an attempt to cash in on the benefits and marketing that the ensuing debating caused.

The film was a top box office seller in anti-semitic Muslim and Arab nations….and not because they care a lick about Christianity.  They simply hate the Jews, just like Mel Gibson.  They blow themselves up to become martyrs and he makes “movies” and engages on drunken tirades.

So now we hear what he really thinks about Jews, when the alcohol made his thoughts flow free, without any publicists or handlers nearby to cleanse them.  Now more than ever, in a time when anti-semitism is at it’s highest since World War II, do the Jewish people deserve an apology from him for his outbursts.  He has apologised to the police that arrested him (presumably that includes “sugar tits”), but there was no specific apology to the Jewish people that he has defamed and attacked.  I won’t hold my breath to hear one though.

Here is the text of his apology:

“After drinking alcohol on Thursday night, I did a number of things that were very wrong and for which I am ashamed. I drove a car when I should not have, and was stopped by the LA County Sheriffs. The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person. I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested, and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am deeply ashamed of everything I said. Also, I take this opportunity to apologize to the deputies involved for my belligerent behavior. They have always been there for me in my community and indeed probably saved me from myself. I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry. I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse. I apologize for any behavior unbecoming of me in my inebriated state and have already taken necessary steps to ensure my return to health.”