Mel
ABC will be airing a Diane Sawyer interview with Mel Gibson. I have to admit that I have a great deal of respect for the way Gibson has handled himself following this incident. The fact is that, having a lunatic as a father, growing up had to be somewhat hard for him. He isn't just "his father's son," because he spent a long time in drugs and alcohol before returning to his (quasi-schismatic) faith. Simply put, it would be very easy for him to turn this all around on his upbringing: you're around that kind of talk when you're growing up, and when you get depressed and drunk it is the kind of behavior you revert to. Not because you're anti-Semitic, but because of some psychological yearning for Daddy's approval. You know that's what any liberal star in Gibson's place would do. But because Mel has some convictions, he is taking the blame upon himself, and because of that, has no real answer for the content of his drunken ramblings. Besides, I think he's far too intelligent to actually believe that "the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world."
But, then again, maybe I'm wrong and he's just a psychotic bigot. But I really don't think so.
But, then again, maybe I'm wrong and he's just a psychotic bigot. But I really don't think so.