Mel Gibson Cops a Plea

91. MEL IS THE BEST AND BIG DEAL HE GOT CAUGHT,JUST THINK HOW MANY DON'T GET CAUGHT, I THINK THE ( MAN ) IS WONDERFULL AND I'D LOVE TO START A FAN CLUB! THEY HATE HIM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY MONEY FROM HIS GREAT MOVIE, AND ALL YOU J/O'S GO SEE YOURSELF, AND TAKE A BATH YOU STINK.

Posted at 5:04PM on Aug 17th 2006 by JOSEPH PERRONE

92. What does AA stand for? So how can you make him go? I think he was hit hard because of who he is and what his beliefs are. What everyone must remember, he is just a man. And men make mistakes. I bet if it was a Senator or some powerful politicians kid, it wouldn't have come to this. Isn't that right TED? Mel, you are still cool in my book

Posted at 5:05PM on Aug 17th 2006 by dale

93. please, the man is doing time, will get help and has apologized, leave it alone, as far as the name calling,
isnt eveyone fair game, honkey whitely, etc,,,this that and the other, , so go away on that issue and grow the heck up
a person has a right to their opinon on different matters, so give it up there, I respect and will defend everyones right to say what they feel, have you not watched cops and seen theose people go off on the videos?? please, no issues made there

now, lets talk about the aholes who dont give a darn, dont mend their ways and do kill people, and have been in court so many times for guzzling their courage that it sickens me.........now deal with that

Posted at 5:08PM on Aug 17th 2006 by wen

94. I'm a big fan of Mel Gibson but I feel that he, like most of the rich and famous, are not being held to the same standard as the rest of society. I am hopeful that he will see how serious his offense was and make a real effort to change his behavior.
"I cannot control the wind.....but I have learned to adjust my sails"

Good luck Mel

Posted at 5:08PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Tom

95. The message is clear. If you have money, you can get away with most anything, OJ proved that. Mel had his own little personal dream team and bought justice. I am not a Mel hater, but how can anyone argue that. The little guy has to pay a much greater price when he/she f*cks up. Taking in account that fines are no punishment, he should of got at least a 6 month license suspension.

Posted at 5:08PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Cash Cow

96. Special people continue to get special treatment. A family member of mine got crucified for her dui, but not good ol' Mel. A fee meetings, a chump change fine, and we're off and running again with the good life. Sorry excuse for a sentence, an even sorrier judge for not making an example of Hollywood's finest.

Posted at 5:12PM on Aug 17th 2006 by T. Patrick

97. What has this country USA sunk to and to think we lost 1,000s of men in WW2 fighting for freedom, and now we can't smoke in public, watch what we say, we may hurt some minoritys feeling and to think all those men died smoking and saying what they thought for nothing 50 yrs ago. And now get caught drinking driving and its world wide news, You call this freedom i would not want to tell all those who died for it to their face in WW2 or WW1.

Posted at 5:13PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Bill Hagen

98. do all you people who are so bent out of shape over this screw up by mel, get equally incensed about a certain beloved senior senator from massachussetts little "screw up" many years ago. the senator did NO jail time at all and least we forget, somebody DID die in his incident, or has the Mary Jo Kopechnie drifted out of everybody's minds. yet he keeps getting re-elected every time he runs. it seems like the type of folks who want to vilify mel have more than forgiven ted of a much more heinous act. if we are going to 'clean' things up, then let's clean it all, not just mel !

Posted at 5:14PM on Aug 17th 2006 by fred

99. The people who are defending Mel Gibson are INSANE!!! I think that he's a great actor, but that doesn't mean that he should get off with a "you're a bad-boy" talk from the judge instead of doing jail time for commiting a crime. Especially a crime that could have killed a person (or a group of people).

Posted at 5:17PM on Aug 17th 2006 by keith

100. I never relized that there so many people can think they know what accured,
when Mel Gibson,was stopped by a stupid COP, it proves ony one thing,
Some Cops fail to use simple common sense. Listenning to all that Phone
remarks made about Mel Gibson, as though they all withnessed what occured.
I'm recommending to listen only to people who stopped the holacost, ending
the second world war., and saved our country from disaster.
Why don't these people talk about the GAS Prices, Halliburton.The same thing
happened sometime back in Jurrulasam

Posted at 5:18PM on Aug 17th 2006 by John JAY

101. Mel Gibson is a hypocrite and should be punished for being on the road while drinking......he knows how to slander innocent people but he could of killed someone as well as himself. I think he ought to be made to convert to Judiasm, that might make a "mensch" out of him!

Posted at 5:19PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Lila

102. Mel was wrong and should be punished. A fine and allowing him to do public announcements (something he's already done for LAPD) is just not punishment. You see whether you believe it or not drunk drivers kills people. They get behind a ton of metal and drive, while drunk. For those of you that feel it’s no big deal, it's obvious you have not be affected by this behavior and so you can not understand the impact.

Posted at 5:28PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Tucson

103. Why didn't he lose his license for 1 year en afford a chauffer?

Posted at 5:31PM on Aug 17th 2006 by linda moran

104. A thousand dollar fine is lunch money to Gibson. To not appear in court, to have other charges suspended, to not lose his license....it's a joke. My son had one beer when he was 19 and didn't even blow a .8, but because he was under age, he was guilty. He got a worse punishment than that. It is just further proof that if you are a celebrity you are not under the same rules as the rest of the world.

Posted at 5:32PM on Aug 17th 2006 by mary

105. I think that in this country their seems to be two kinds of laws. One for those with money and one for those without. I think that his punishment should have been the same for everyone else. If you are going to do the crime do the time. After all he had he money he could have paid someone to drive him around.

Posted at 5:34PM on Aug 17th 2006 by Lisa