Bulletin: Gibson Enters Recovery Program

31. Well he was right aboot one thing...Israel does create all the problems in the middle east.

Posted at 5:14PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Ham

32. With all the hatred spewing out of Mel Gibson, he sounds like a man who's carrying a lot of pain around. If he works the program honestly, he can only benefit from rehab. On the other hand, if this is just a hiatus from the negative publicity, he's still going to be carrying this burden of pain around until he hits bottom from the weight of it. I wish him luck and I pray for his family.

Posted at 5:18PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Carole

33. Mel was arrested for DUI in Canada back in 1984. The charges were dropped, but he was fined $300 and had his licence suspended.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/07/28/gibson-arrest.html

Posted at 5:18PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Libby

34. Jack I wish you could have said it didn't work for you rather than the over generalization the AA doesn't work. I just celebrated 31 years of sober life thanks to AA.

Posted at 5:20PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Jim

35. Jack, I wish you could have a least said it didn't work for you, rather than the overgeneralization that AA doesn't work. I just celebrated 31 years of sorbiety thanks to AA.

Posted at 5:22PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Jim

36. To respond to Jack, post #15, the obviously unhappy dry drunk, he must have went to different meetings then I did as I have found AA members to be some of the most well adjusted successful folks around. It's just what Gibson needs. I no longer attend meetings but I have not found a recipe for happiness that works better than AA.

Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Nick C

37. Let us not be disingenuous: Mr. Gibson is a famously intolerant man. A number of years ago, he gave an interview to a Spanish-language magazine during which he went on a tirade about how disgusting gay men are, and then had the nerve to be upset that it was reported on in the English language press. I believe that Chastity Bono set up a "sensitivity" training session for him, in which he spoke with gays and lesbians in the entertainment industry. Doesn't seem to have done much for his general take on the world, which is that the only true religious salvation can come from the Christian church, and the only good people are those who adhere to his beliefs.

As a Jew I would say that in the end, he's just a movie star, which I think is distinct from being an actor (in my opinion he isn't even a particularly good actor). Though he is able to finance and make films like the "Passion" which ignores the New Testament's depiction of Herod as a bloodthirsty tyrant in favor of casting blame upon the Jewish hierarchy (who, in all fairness, were likely not happy with Christ's ministry, but divisions in the Jewish community are nothing new) who really cares what this spiritually and emotionally stunted man thinks about anything?

Posted at 5:23PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Don

38. Isn't it ironic that some "religious" people, like Mel Gibson, find it necessary to hate others of different faiths? He and his ilk forget that Christianity is about love.

BTW, an earlier poster to this blog labelled author Levin "obsessive." That individual confuses editorializing with pathology. Perhaps the poster would feel differently if the topic had been a Latino-specific issue.

Posted at 5:26PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Lauren

39. Who cares what you think about anything Don? You sound like the racist.

Posted at 5:27PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Nick C

40. I have sugar t**s. My lover calls them that every night. I take offense to those who thinks it's an insult, for me it is a statement of love.

Also, the Jews are at war right now as they usually are. That cease fire for 2 days didn't last very long. Mel is just frustrated with the relentless attacks of the Jewish people. He's been up close and personal with them, he's had to deal with the Jewish mafia in Hollywood for years.

Posted at 5:28PM on Jul 31st 2006 by mike

41. I knew it was all over after his last movie. I know I'll never watch a movie with him in it. He's dead in the water.

Carlos

Posted at 5:28PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Carlos

42. Too bad Andrea Yates did not have access to Gibson's spin meisters. They would have scripted a contrite apology for her "despicable "actions followed with an announcement that she is going to seek help for her problems.

Give me a break!

Posted at 5:29PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Richard Charles

43. Does anyone know where he was drinking? Which bar?!!!

Posted at 5:30PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Kristy

44. well i'm sure his wife and family needs our prayers and support NOT our critizam of this behavior. i'm hoping this does not hurt him professional or emotionally to bad. i'm married to a recovering alcholic which "is a daily battle" all AA recoverers will tell you. SO MY PRAYERS AND LOVE ON HIS RECOVERY.

Posted at 5:30PM on Jul 31st 2006 by jennie

45. AA won't address his anti-semitism. that's the real problem. he shouldn't be praised for gettinghelp for his drinking. that on his own head. good job taking responsibility for your action, you milksop--isn't that what everyone SHOULD do? why should he be praised? he should be reviled for being the disgusting, racist, anti-semitic pig that he is. forget rehab--he should be forced to visit every concentration camp in europe. he should have the experience of being locked in a "shower" room, not know what might come out of the showerheads. he should have to sift through the ashes and bone fragments of the dead. he should have to dig a hole the size of a mass grave in the frozen dirt. he should have to listen to thousands of hours of survivors bearing witness to the horrors of the holocaust. he should she be forced to write 12 million times "i am a hateful, bigoted, racist, anti-semite". he shpould be forced to wear a big swastika--or better yet--christ on a cross-- on his clothes that says "anti-semite" so that everyone can properly identify him. then perhaps he might learn some compassion and some tolerance and begin to understand how unforgivable his statements are.

do you think his god forgives him? is this the attitude that his god will applaud. is this a christian way to act? he is a hypocrite beyond hypocrisy. he should be excommunicated from the church for the hatred that has spewed from his lips. and then perhaps he might learn what repentence and tolerance is. once denied tolerance, he might regret not having shown it when he had the chance.

Posted at 5:31PM on Jul 31st 2006 by i'm jewish and proud