--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found this view of the Gibson affair -- quite different from the > Hitchens one -- that also makes a very good point. > > > This is an excerpt of the full piece found at birdofparadise.blog > > Don't Forget that Mel Gibson Was Drunk > Mel Gibson was arrested for drunk driving the other day. The police > who arrested him described his uncooperative behavior, his repeated > use of the "f**k" word and his making several clearly anti-Semitic > statements. > > Apparently, this somehow "proves" that Mel Gibson is an anti-Semite. > > No it doesn't. All it proves is that Mel Gibson was drunk. > > If (let's imagine) that Mel Gibson's outburst is proof of his anti- > semitism then the circumstances of his arrest would also prove > that . . . > > --Mel Gibson is an advocate of expressing anger in public places; > that > --Mel Gibson believes that it is good and right to resist arrest; > that > --Mel Gibson feels that it is OK to drive while intoxicated; that > --Mel Gibson, deep, deep down, approves of resisting police officer. > > No one in their right mind would draw these conclusions about Mel > Gibson from his behavior and actions the night of his arrest. >
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