Whoops (Okay, the Gibson anti-Semitic thing-UPDATED)

Update: Mark Evanier has a quick comment you should read. I'd quote it but I'd end up quoting the whole thing.

Original post: I hadn't said anything here about Mel Gibson's drunk driving charge last weekend because, well, a star driving drunk-that's not really news. However, I'd missed this little part of the story:

...police in Los Angeles now confirm that the official police report on Gibson's arrest on drunken driving charges substantiates claims that he made anti-Semitic remarks and threatened a deputy, a law enforcement official said Monday.

This is what's known in the trade as giving your enemies ammunition.

"Mel Gibson's apology is unremorseful and insufficient," said Anti- Defamation League National Director Abraham H. Foxman. "It's not a proper apology because it does not go to the essence of his bigotry and anti- Semitism.

"His tirade finally reveals his true self and shows that his protestations during the debate over this film `The Passion of The Christ' that he is such a tolerant, loving person, were a sham. It may well be that the bigotry has been passed from the father to the son. It is unfortunate that it took an excess of booze and an encounter with a traffic cop to reveal what was really in his heart and mind.

Personally, I think if his next film makes money, the film community will forgive him. After all the sex-and-drugs songwriting community could forgive Elvis Costello for his "Ray Charles is an ignorant nigger" tirade. Surely even the highly principled Hollywood community can forgive this:

According to TMZ, Deputy James Mee wrote that Gibson tried to evade arrest and at one point went into an anti-Semitic rant.

"F-----g Jews ... The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," Gibson allegedly said before asking Mee, "Are you a Jew?"

Gibson also allegedly turned to a female sergeant. "What do think you're looking at, sugar t-ts?" the actor said, according to TMZ.

"What do you think you're looking at, sugar tits?"

Well, ladies...how does he look to you now?

Source: NBC10.com