Tuesday, August 01, 2006

A New Horror Movie: Return of Mel Gibson and His Many Personalities

Today brings, as per usual, a bevy of expected things. A sunrise, the sound of birds chirping outside my window, intense heat burning and roasting NYC, and more bullshit from America's Pee Wee Herman du jour, Mel Gibson.

Mel issued a new bullshit apology, since his last bullshit, publicist-penned apology only apologized to cops and not jews, ie the group he suggested caused all the world's wars.

So he spewed -- er, issued -- another apology, some of which is quoted below:

"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."

That's sort of like an al Qaeda member professing that he abhors violence due to his devout observance of Islam, which prohibits violence. Please note, I'm not comparing Mr. Gibson's stupidity and bigotry to that of a member of al Qaeda. While they may or may not share many beliefs, Mr. Gibson -- at least not to my knowledge -- never embarked on any endeavors in the hope of killing people by the hundreds or thousands.

I give him credit; he knows how badly he's fucked up. Of course, it's a day late (thanks to the universal criticism and abuse by the public to remind him he should have apologized to Jews as well as cops. Oops.) Problem is, at this point, he should just cut his losses and hide. The guy's a bigot, an anti-Semite and a piece of shit. To be frank, it's not the first time the American public will get a chance to see an anti-Semite on display. And I am sure it won't be the last.

Incidentally, I give him points for creativity. His ultra-devout religious observance led him to conclude Jews are responsible for all the world's wars, among many other ills. In addition, his religious beliefs dictate -- as evidenced by his film "The Passion of the Christ" -- he believes Jews killed Jesus. At the same time, he -- in theory -- wants to "heal" with the help of the Jewish community. According to today's apology, "Hatred of any kind goes against [his] faith." I thought his faith was the source of his hatred in the first place.

So which is it?

More importantly, does it really matter?

In a word: no.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm starting to think you are more obsessed than I am ;-)

Boogie said...

LOL...not obsessed, just a bit pissed off. Even the President got involved -- he basically said that he believed in forgiveness and that people who apologize should be given a second chance.

Personally, I think the public -- even Dubya -- should accept Mel's apology #2 and leave it be. The guy's a bigot, an anti-Semite, a liar, an alkie and an arrogant, egotistical prick. So long as he goes somewhere -- far, far away -- I'll be more than happy to move on to better blog topics ;)