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Gibson Eats His Words

In yet another ironic twist in the Mel Gibson DUI saga, an interview with the actor in 2004 shows Gibson slamming reports of anti-semitism and opening up about his past issues with alcohol abuse.

In the sit-down with Diane Sawyer for "Primetime" Gibson laughs off rumors of anti-semitism saying, "for me it goes against the tenets of my faith to be racist in any point."

The Aussie was also grilled about his issues with alcoholism, which Gibson swore were in the past -- "Sometimes I used to drive inebriated, this is at the height of careless stupidity and when you think of that kind of insanity, I look back at that now and go what was I thinking."

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46. I think this is hollywood's way of "blackballing" Mel Gibson. This is all propaganda just to make Mel look bad. After all--everyone knows WHO runs hollywood! The jews of course. They have been trying to make Gibson look bad ever since that last film about Christ.

Posted at 5:31PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Diane Smith

47. Mel DESERVES all this criticism! He should have gotten this criticism when he made that blasphemous movie. The anti-semitism is a side issue that movie is anti-christian and so is MEL! Who cares that he is only human, who cares that it was a drunken mistake, the fact is HE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF HIS PEDASTOOL and all those deaf dumb and blind people that profess to be christian who DEFEND HIM with "thou shall not judge" "he who is without sin cast the 1st stone" NEED TO WAKE UP! Even Jesus has been criticized for everything Jesus did so why is Mel Gibson above Jesus?

Quit Judging people for judging Mel!
Quit casting stones at people who are casting stones at Mel!
The Bible says to judge in rightousness not hypocrisy, judging in Mathew 7 means that when you judge you should not be a hypocrite like judging someone for passing judgments against your hero Mel, YOU are the HYPOCRITE FOOL that the Bible tells not to judge, YOU Gibson Apologist!

The man sold his soul to Satan and created Satan's greatest Masterpiece using the same actress that were in another great satanic masterpiece Irreversible. The man has led millions of christians to hell. The man has not saved anyone by this movie, infact he killed 2 people with this movie including a pastor. The man made billions of dollars by using his own hand to help kill Jesus (Mel used his left hand to nail the cross). Of course he is driven mad, its not a satanic attack it is his satanic actions that led him here.

God has warned you time and time again, yet you dismiss his warnings again.
Jesus wasn't loved by millions Jesus did not promote forgiveness without repentance Jesus did not love everybody and everything. Jesus said in the last days EVERYONE WILL HATE HIM and HATE YOU as a christian for FOLLOWING HIM! If the world hates you its because the world hates me, if you were of the world the worlkd would love you. Mel & his movie are of the world that is why he and his movie is LOVED by the world. Jesus is loved by few according to Jesus less than the 8 souls saved on Noah's ark!

WAKE UP! MEL has DONE SO MUCH EVIL ofcourse he can't hide the wreck that is his life.

How many Crowns of thorns for $49.99 did you buy? How many necklaces of nails for 19.99 did you buy? Shouldn't the Gospel be FREE? Would you sell a replica of the gun used to kill Kennedy? Or a replica of the knife that stabbed Nicole Brown Simpson? Would you sell a replica of the A Bomb or Gas chambers? Why would you buy or sell replicas of murder weapons that killed Jesus?

Your life is probably as wrecked as his! He is cursed and so are you if you still blindly follow him!

1. 2 people died watching TPOTC movie. 1 being a PASTOR
2. NO lives were saved by watching this movie!
3. Tickets in ROME I repeat ROME Georgia printed 666
4. The Actor playing Jesus was struck by lightning not once but TWICE!
5. Mel Gibson screaming like a raging Lunatic about Jews evading arrest drunk in the streets facing DUI/arrested

How many more signs from God do you need?
The demons are not attacking him for telling God's truth or being a man of God, they are attacking him because they EAT THEIR OWN!

"He sold his soul to the devil for fame & fortune, his movie career is nothing but sex & violence and christian blasphemy and now that debt is coming due"

If you don't judge or cast stones then you don't need to be judging this story or any of the comments, so don't bother to type anything if you don't judge!

I'm tired of biblically ignorant "christians" taking those 2 verses out of context and making them mean the opposite of what they really mean!

Posted at 5:32PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Mary M

48. Mel DESERVES all this criticism! He should have gotten this criticism when he made that blasphemous movie. The anti-semitism is a side issue that movie is anti-christian and so is MEL! Who cares that he is only human, who cares that it was a drunken mistake, the fact is HE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF HIS PEDASTOOL and all those deaf dumb and blind people that profess to be christian who DEFEND HIM with "thou shall not judge" "he who is without sin cast the 1st stone" NEED TO WAKE UP! Even Jesus has been criticized for everything Jesus did so why is Mel Gibson above Jesus?

Quit Judging people for judging Mel!
Quit casting stones at people who are casting stones at Mel!
The Bible says to judge in rightousness not hypocrisy, judging in Mathew 7 means that when you judge you should not be a hypocrite like judging someone for passing judgments against your hero Mel, YOU are the HYPOCRITE FOOL that the Bible tells not to judge, YOU Gibson Apologist!

The man sold his soul to Satan and created Satan's greatest Masterpiece using the same actress that were in another great satanic masterpiece Irreversible. The man has led millions of christians to hell. The man has not saved anyone by this movie, infact he killed 2 people with this movie including a pastor. The man made billions of dollars by using his own hand to help kill Jesus (Mel used his left hand to nail the cross). Of course he is driven mad, its not a satanic attack it is his satanic actions that led him here.

God has warned you time and time again, yet you dismiss his warnings again.
Jesus wasn't loved by millions Jesus did not promote forgiveness without repentance Jesus did not love everybody and everything. Jesus said in the last days EVERYONE WILL HATE HIM and HATE YOU as a christian for FOLLOWING HIM! If the world hates you its because the world hates me, if you were of the world the worlkd would love you. Mel & his movie are of the world that is why he and his movie is LOVED by the world. Jesus is loved by few according to Jesus less than the 8 souls saved on Noah's ark!

WAKE UP! MEL has DONE SO MUCH EVIL ofcourse he can't hide the wreck that is his life.

How many Crowns of thorns for $49.99 did you buy? How many necklaces of nails for 19.99 did you buy? Shouldn't the Gospel be FREE? Would you sell a replica of the gun used to kill Kennedy? Or a replica of the knife that stabbed Nicole Brown Simpson? Would you sell a replica of the A Bomb or Gas chambers? Why would you buy or sell replicas of murder weapons that killed Jesus?

Your life is probably as wrecked as his! He is cursed and so are you if you still blindly follow him!

1. 2 people died watching TPOTC movie. 1 being a PASTOR
2. NO lives were saved by watching this movie!
3. Tickets in ROME I repeat ROME Georgia printed 666
4. The Actor playing Jesus was struck by lightning not once but TWICE!
5. Mel Gibson screaming like a raging Lunatic about Jews evading arrest drunk in the streets facing DUI/arrested

How many more signs from God do you need?
The demons are not attacking him for telling God's truth or being a man of God, they are attacking him because they EAT THEIR OWN!

"He sold his soul to the devil for fame & fortune, his movie career is nothing but sex & violence and christian blasphemy and now that debt is coming due"

If you don't judge or cast stones then you don't need to be judging this story or any of the comments, so don't bother to type anything if you don't judge!

I'm tired of biblically ignorant "christians" taking those 2 verses out of context and making them mean the opposite of what they really mean!








Posted at 5:35PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Mary M

49. Irony is a Jewish tabloid writer with an agenda calling for the crucifixtion of the man who told the story of The Passion.

Headline By The Associated Press
"Jewish groups demand Mel Gibson be ostracized for anti-Semitic rant" http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744684.html

What will be the next headline? "Crucify him! .... Crucify him!"

Posted at 5:35PM on Jul 31st 2006 by DonO.

50. I've read somewhere "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:7 KJV

Mel has committed a crime (DUI) and by the laws of the land should receive due process with the courts. People, and yes that's all of use regardless of your race or gender should really stop persecuting others for acts that are not considered against the law. This is not making an excuse nor is it justifying Mel's actions because I feel he was very disrespectful, but too many people lives have been tarnished by our public views. This too shall pass, so please, lets give it a break.

Posted at 5:35PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Earl

51. I am shocked at what a big deal has been made of this. Mel made a statement that had some basis in fact. What do you see on the news today. Was it an appropriate statement? Of course not. But if he would have said arabs are terrorists he wouldn't quite get the uproar he is getting. what would be the difference? and please don't tell me its the same. this site wou;dn't bother to report it. just drop it guys. the man has problems.

Posted at 5:44PM on Jul 31st 2006 by JAY ISAAY

52. Did everyone forget that Mel Gibson's father also had harsh words about Jews some time ago?

I guess, that, in this case, the apple certainly doesn't fall far from the tree.

I have read atricles by the Australian media highlighting Mr. Gibson's hatred of Jews some years ago. None of this surprises me.

Mel Gibson is a bigot. Worse, he's a bigot with a tendency to drive drunk. Words are one thing, but drunk behind the wheel kills people.

I think that with all the racial/religious bigotry the Human Race has put up with, this should no longer be tolerated. This is the 21st century. I don't mean only towards the Jews; ANY racial and/or religious hatred should be punished severely.

Mr. Gibson is truly a sad individual. He let the liquor bring down his filter enough to show just how sad he is. He is even sadder by not admitting this once he sobered up. Lock him up and take away his license for his drunk driving/speeding. Pity this sick individual for not having better judgement of people.

Posted at 5:48PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Mike

53. In vino veritas!

Posted at 5:51PM on Jul 31st 2006 by kit

54. South Park pegged him exactly.

to all you Mel lovers - zibkum zift w'hara bdinak ! (ask an arab!)

kit

Posted at 5:55PM on Jul 31st 2006 by kit

55. What a shame. Mel Gibson is obviously a very troubled soul and the only being in the universe who can truly help him overcome the demons that are eating away at him inside is GOD himself. His problems seem to go far beyond alcholism and a 12-step treatment program is not enough. Let's not burn him at the stake just yet...

Posted at 6:02PM on Jul 31st 2006 by CLR

56. I would love to see Mel Gibson say a comment to my face becuase i would wipe the bad acting right out of him. He's a racist pig and if i met with him face to face that's exactly what i would tell him.

Posted at 6:02PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Tyler Mcdonald

57. Do Mel Gibson's anti-semetic comments make him an anti-semite?

Maybe, but then again maybe not. No one, apparently not even Gibson himself, denies that his father is anti-semetic. He was undoubtedly exposed to anti-semetic slurs and other expressions of hatred during his youth. I think it's almost impossible to believe otherwise. When lost to rage, as he seems to have been when arrested, he let loose with what he believed were the most insulting words he could speak, ones he learned in his childhood.

These comments are posted here as food for thought. Maybe Gibson is an anti-semite. I don't know the man, and neither do most of the people who praise or condemn him. He's an image on a screen, and even when performers consent to interviews, it's still a performance.

Posted at 6:15PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Brian W. Fairbanks

58. To you hypocrites who are so offended by anti-semitism, why do you remain silent while the Palestinians are corralled and slaughtered?

Posted at 6:17PM on Jul 31st 2006 by PDM

59. David (comment #13),

You're so right! Dee just doesn't "get it". I hope she reads up a bit and learns.

And to diputs hasub - I loved your "sleeping with your friend's wife" analogy. Just perfect! Gibson's apology is a "sorry I got caught" statement. His true thoughts simply weren't filtered. I guess that happens often when an alcoholic is arrested for driving while drunk.

It's well known that he hates jewish people and his father tells people that the Halocaust never existed.

Posted at 6:31PM on Jul 31st 2006 by Simon

60. I myself find it interesting that so many people posting here would like to hold Mr Gibson to a higher standard. Like having a couple of hundred million dollars makes you a better person. If neither of the arresting officers appeared to be of the jewish faith, then perhaps his comments were more like a commentary on current events. While I have many Jewish friends, I do not have any love for the state of Israel, and wish that more people would hold them and the US accountable for their actions. Sad to see the perception that all Arabs are terrorists and all Jews are victims in so many people's minds. just my two cents worth

Posted at 6:47PM on Jul 31st 2006 by wayne

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