Yep. Mel shouldn't have said it. It was an offensive statement. I'd bet that you would have been starting thread after thread if Mel had made such a statement about a group that you are a part of.
Whidden said this in post #2 : Change it from "jews" to "Blacks" and see how you feel about the statement then Malcolm.
Change it from jews to " white" and I beleive you wouldn't have similar reaction. What do you call someone critical of race. I think you agree with me but will not say
Well the statement he made was completly stupid and bigoted and just plain innaccurate. Howevere not being Jewish I was not offended I was embarressed for Gibson but it did not really bother me.
I think though Whideden has a point Malcolm if Gibson said all America's troubles are the fault of blacks then you would rightly be going nuts and I doubt you would ignore it.
Change it from jews to " white" and I beleive you wouldn't have similar reaction. What do you call someone critical of race. I think you agree with me but will not say
Malcolm, you would have been blasting Mel, all over this board, had he blamed the blacks. His comments were bigoted, and disrespectful. Also, he is spreading hatred with those comments. But, I guess it doesn't matter, after all, since he didn't blame "your cause!"
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fuscia said this in post #3 : Yep. Mel shouldn't have said it. It was an offensive statement. I'd bet that you would have been starting thread after thread if Mel had made such a statement about a group that you are a part of.
No doubt about it. Mel and Rosie O'Donnell, too.
"America is not what's wrong with the world. The struggle we are in is too important to have the luxury of returning to that old mentality of 'Blame America First.'" —Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Leftist "intellectuals" in America now look to Europe—steeped for years in anti-American propaganda from the Soviet Union.
pfft, taken out of context. I hate when celebrities use that as an excuse for stupid ignorant things they say...just to blame someone else because they can't take responsibility for it. yeah yeah, i didn't say it or mean it like THAT, that's how YOU or SO AND SO took it. please. own up to it. especially in this case, he was drunk, he's an ass, he may or may not regret saying it, whatever. take responsibility coward.
"I'm looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't-live-without-each-other love." - Carrie Bradshaw
"The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort" - Paulo Coehlo
Live your life like it's your last day on earth
Life is not how many breaths you take, but how many moments take your breath away.
Makes me think about the song, Celebrity, by Brad Paisley:
Someday I'm gonna be famous
Do I have talent well no
These days you don't really need it
Thanks to reality shows
Can't wait to date a supermodel
Can't wait to sue my dad
Can't wait to wreck a Ferrari
On my way to Rehab
Cause when you're a celebrity
It's adios reality
You can act just like a fool
And people think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
I can throw major fits
When my latte isn't just how I like it
They say I've gone insane
I'll blame it on the fame
And the pressures that go with....
Being a Celebrity
[Break]
I'll get to cry to Barbara Walters
When things don't go my way
I'll get community service
No matter which law I break
I'll make the supermarket tabloids
They'll write some awful stuff
But the more they run my name down
The more my price goes up!
Cause when you're a celebrity
It's adios reality
No matter what you do
People think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
I can fall in and out of love
Have marriages that barely last a month
When they go down the drain
I'll blame it on the fame
And say it's just so tough...
Being a Celebrity
So let's hitch up the wagons
And head out West
To the land of fun in the sun
We'll be a real world bachelor
Jackass Millionaires hey hey Hollywood
Here we come!
Yeah when you're a Celebrity
It's adios reality
No matter what you do
People think you're cool
Just cause your on T.V.
Being a Celebrity...
Yeah Celebrity!
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If you're rich, and famous, it seems that you always get away with things, with a little handslap. Its about time that there was some serious backlash due to their "little mistakes"
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10-14-2006 12:56 AM
Dude, he thinks you agree with him!
No doubt about it. Mel and Rosie O'Donnell, too.
