XPost: alt.mexico, alt.movies   
   From: invalid@address.com   
      
   >>All I know is, Gibson seems like a more or less decent human being. I   
   >>> agree, everyone has issues of one kind or another. His father is vary   
   >>> critical of Jews, and it's not to be believed that Mel could have   
   >>> completely escaped being affected by that influence, but that doesn't mean   
   >>> he became anti-Semitic, since he may have rebelled against his father's   
   >>> example and gone the other way.   
   >>>   
   >>> As for what he said when he was drunk -- drunks say all kinds of crazy   
   >>> things they are later embarrassed about. Some drunks are like   
   >>> split-personalities, one person when drunk and a completely different   
   >>> person when sober. I am not one of those who assumes that what he said   
   >>> when drunk reflects his actual views when sober. I just think the man   
   >>> should be given a little slack.   
   >   
   >   
   > Well that was my issue. That he should be given some slack also.   
   > But then again perhaps the people which took the greatest offense should   
   > also deal with their issues.   
   > I'm sure anyone from a warzone, surivors all have issues of Post Traumatic   
   > Stress which causes them to see things bigger and more extreme than they   
   > really are.   
   >   
   > If would all just give each other the benefit of the doubt. Works well in   
   > most places.   
      
      
   Yup. People these days are too wound up, too eager to accuse those   
   they don't even know of the most horrible things they can imagine.   
   I'm not sure what it's all about, but that kind of intolerance has   
   been on the rise for a decade or more. Everyone should chill out   
   and remember that we're all just human beings, stumbling around in   
   the world and bumping into things.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)