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I resisted jumping on the blogging bandwagon on a hot topic, but I’m throwing in the towel. (Are we capable of true understanding without cliche?)

I’m searching for a little perspective here. People are dying all over the world from war, disease, and famine, but one of the leading stories on almost every newscast for the last few days is this hullaballoo over Mel Gibson’s comments when he was arrested. CNN has run yet another story asking why there isn’t more outrage by the Jewish community over his remarks.

Is Mel Gibson an anti-Semite? I can’t know for sure, but I wouldn’t be surprised. Are his apologies just a spin machine trying to protect his bankability in Hollywood? Duh!
But why aren’t people demanding an apology for the fact that he was driving drunk? Some reports say with an open bottle of tequila going over 80 mph in a 45 mph zone. He could’ve killed someone, but it’s more important to rant and rave over the fact that he said something offensive to the arresting officer.

Hello? I understand that as a celebrity, he’s in the spotlight and is rightly held to a higher standard than most people. That is, after all, the price of being an alleged role model. But as a wise man once said, “with great power comes great responsibility.” If you’re going to call Gibson to the carpet for the bigoted remarks, you gotta call him out for the reckless endangerment of countless lives as he flew down the highway in a drunken stupor.