As a blogger, I often feel obliged to comment upon the news of the day. A combination of work and a mild case of blog depression has kept me from that self-appointed task as of late.
But there are times when an event cuts through the haze of disaffection and demands comment — an event that brings startling clarity of expression to what has before been only implied or insinuated. At such times, the blogger must not remain silent.
I speak, of course, of the sweet words of affection that Mel Gibson allegedly addressed to the police officers who arrested him for driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday night. I do not doubt that those words fell from his lips with a deep sense of conviction, a profound feeling of passion, and a tequila-hued string of drool.
I have no commentary of particular worth to add to this tawdry episode. I can only say that Atrios nailed it: one needn’t have been a sexist pig suddenly given the power to read people’s minds to know that this cesspool lay just beneath Gibson’s tanned veneer.
No, the purpose of this post is simple — I wish to contribute, to the extent to which this blog may, to the enduring public humiliation of Mel Gibson:
TMZ has learned that Deputy Mee audiotaped the entire exchange between himself and Gibson, from the time of the traffic stop to the time Gibson was put in the patrol car, and that the tape fully corroborates the written report.
Once inside the car, a source directly connected with the case says Gibson began banging himself against the seat. The report says Gibson told the deputy, “You mother f****r. I’m going to f*** you.” The report also says “Gibson almost continually [sic] threatened me saying he ‘owns Malibu’ and will spend all of his money to ‘get even’ with me.”
The report says Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: “F*****g Jews… The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” Gibson then asked the deputy, “Are you a Jew?”
The deputy became alarmed as Gibson’s tirade escalated, and called ahead for a sergeant to meet them when they arrived at the station. When they arrived, a sergeant began videotaping Gibson, who noticed the camera and then said, “What the f*** do you think you’re doing?”
A law enforcement source says Gibson then noticed another female sergeant and yelled, “What do you think you’re looking at, sugar tits?”
The answer to that question, I think, is no longer in doubt.
8 Comments on "Mad Mel"
Claire:
Thanks for the link to the blog depression pamphlet– hilarious in a “it’s funny ’cause it’s true” sort of way.
Matt:
I love that pamplet (and the Nonist’s site as a whole), Claire . I wrote about it more extensively in this post.
Claire:
I’ve been poking around the nonist site and like it as well. I’ve been getting all sorts of good tidbits from you lately– thanks.
Mikhail:
You’re a Jew. I knew it.
Matt:
Claire: thank you for reading.
And that’s quite enough out of you, Melkhail. Put the tequila bottle down and step into the squad car before this gets ugly.
Karl:
Well said man.
Mikhail:
I am sorry. I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry. I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse.
The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person. I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable.
Please see Apocalypto. Please.
Mikhail:
In case my last apology wasn’t Jew-specific enough for you, let me try it again.
There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.
I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.
The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. 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.
I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.
This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.
Oh, and please do see Apocalypto.
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