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Alcohol loosens the tongue, as does DIANE SAWYER. She got MEL GIBSON to admit, in his first interview since his anti-Semitic tirade in July, that the comments he claimed were "the stupid ramblings of a drunkard" may stem from resentment over the criticism he got for The Passion of the Christ. Also, although in a drunken rage, he managed to think clearly about Nick Nolte. Gibson told Sawyer he combed his hair so "one of those hideous mug shots" wouldn't be everywhere. "Vanity won out," he said...
...revised construction schedule will minimize impact on IM sports because from March to October they are primarily played outdoors, according to Gibson...
...July, actor-director Mel Gibson was pulled over for drunk driving, but really shot himself in the foot when he decided to launch into a frothing anti-Semitic tirade. A dubiously contrite Gibson later explained that, in a state of drunken fury, he had said things he did not believe to be true and which he found “despicable.” There was already some evidence of Gibson’s anti-Semitism, from his equivocations about the Holocaust to his pornographically violent film, “The Passion of the Christ,” which depicts...
...most of us have come to realize, though, the “I was drunk” defense is bogus, not only for inebriated frat boys, but also for Foley and Gibson...
With all this self-abasement and petition to a higher power (be it science or God), it is no wonder that Foley and Gibson thought they could exculpate themselves by appealing to the Christian dogma of human weakness. The irony is that in trying to rationalize their indiscretions, they deny themselves the right to any form of dignity...