Oh, and for my Catholic friends.
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kyburgRead and feel pity.
In the written pages posted on http://www.tmz.com , the arresting deputy — identified as James Mee — wrote that after cooperating at first, Gibson became "increasingly belligerent as he took stock of his predicament."
The deputy said he told Gibson "that if he remained cooperative, I would transport him without handcuffing."
Instead, he said, Gibson tried to flee back to his car. After he was subdued and handcuffed, the actor told the deputy: "You're going to regret you ever did this to me."
Gibson, the report continued, then said he "owned Malibu" and launched a "barrage of anti-Semitic remarks."
Those remarks included Gibson's statement that "the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," the report said. After that, Gibson allegedly asked the deputy: "Are you a Jew?"
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BTW.
He was really really REALLY sorry in the morning.
*facesmacks*
Oh yeah. He has how many children at home?
That said, let me say that I've had some dealings with the man - stop laughing, I was working at Avis Rent A Car, and he was in town shooting the first Lethal Weapon movie...and yeah, we rented him his wheels.
Stand up guy. Completely honest, easy to deal with - stand up guy. He looked after his family (to a degree it was noticeablely out of step with our "make HER do it" shuttle drivers ideas of child rearing), made no bones about the superficiality of Hollywood and really just wanted to go home. We liked him. A lot.
Gibson issued a statement Saturday apologizing for his "despicable" behavior.
"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested," the statement reads, "and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am deeply ashamed of everything I said."
Gibson said he has battled alcoholism as an adult, adding, "I … 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."
This is the guy we dealt with. (It also points up what a really good case of addiction destroys. Think anyone is going to forget this?)
Because, in all honesty? He only blew a .12. (For those of you DMV-challenged, the legal limit is .08, .01 if you're under 21.)
This is one seriously angry man, very thinly hidden. No, I didn't see his Jesus flick - I did hear all about the anti-Semitic flack. If I want a Jesus flick, I've got a copy of Godspell. That's plenty for me.
Sad. Very, very sad.
I have to reiterate. You don't blame a group for anything. You do that, you're setting yourself up to be used. Badly.
Better to blame the guy who done it. Usually, it's just a guy - or a buncha guys. Not all guys. I don't care what label you want to slap on 'em.
Relapse. Holy fuck.
In the written pages posted on http://www.tmz.com , the arresting deputy — identified as James Mee — wrote that after cooperating at first, Gibson became "increasingly belligerent as he took stock of his predicament."
The deputy said he told Gibson "that if he remained cooperative, I would transport him without handcuffing."
Instead, he said, Gibson tried to flee back to his car. After he was subdued and handcuffed, the actor told the deputy: "You're going to regret you ever did this to me."
Gibson, the report continued, then said he "owned Malibu" and launched a "barrage of anti-Semitic remarks."
Those remarks included Gibson's statement that "the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," the report said. After that, Gibson allegedly asked the deputy: "Are you a Jew?"
..
BTW.
He was really really REALLY sorry in the morning.
*facesmacks*
Oh yeah. He has how many children at home?
That said, let me say that I've had some dealings with the man - stop laughing, I was working at Avis Rent A Car, and he was in town shooting the first Lethal Weapon movie...and yeah, we rented him his wheels.
Stand up guy. Completely honest, easy to deal with - stand up guy. He looked after his family (to a degree it was noticeablely out of step with our "make HER do it" shuttle drivers ideas of child rearing), made no bones about the superficiality of Hollywood and really just wanted to go home. We liked him. A lot.
Gibson issued a statement Saturday apologizing for his "despicable" behavior.
"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested," the statement reads, "and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable. I am deeply ashamed of everything I said."
Gibson said he has battled alcoholism as an adult, adding, "I … 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."
This is the guy we dealt with. (It also points up what a really good case of addiction destroys. Think anyone is going to forget this?)
Because, in all honesty? He only blew a .12. (For those of you DMV-challenged, the legal limit is .08, .01 if you're under 21.)
This is one seriously angry man, very thinly hidden. No, I didn't see his Jesus flick - I did hear all about the anti-Semitic flack. If I want a Jesus flick, I've got a copy of Godspell. That's plenty for me.
Sad. Very, very sad.
I have to reiterate. You don't blame a group for anything. You do that, you're setting yourself up to be used. Badly.
Better to blame the guy who done it. Usually, it's just a guy - or a buncha guys. Not all guys. I don't care what label you want to slap on 'em.
Relapse. Holy fuck.
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Date: 2006-08-05 01:08 pm (UTC)But yeah, to your credit, he could just be a prick.
But another VERY relevant point--read up on all the old "classic" stars of yesteryear--many of these gods of cinema were nazi sympathisers, war profiteers, wife abusers heroin addicts, pedophiles etc. It was just the mainstream media didn't have such a great time tearing them down.
This is just the same old routine they've been doing for a bunch of years now--tear a guy down and rip at him until he cracks, then feed on the gore of his life falling apart, and then we all get to feel like decent people as we herald his clean and sober comeback interview with Barbara Walters. It's just an industry, and it's his turn.
Im still going to see Apocalypto.