So, Mel Gibson has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Not only that, but he has been accused of saying some unkind things about people of Jewish descent during the arrest. He has since issued a public apology and has asked to meet with Jewish leaders to apologize for his remarks. Of course he is being vilified in the press and now his planned miniseries about the Holocaust has been canceled by ABC.
There are many tragedies in this story; the obvious ones are the impact to his career, which will survive, and his family, who are probably more disappointed than anything else, but what about the loss of the miniseries that has been shelved by ABC. There is no doubt that the Holocaust story needs to be told and retold, because people seem to continually and intentionally want to forget that it happened. Consequently the loss of this reminder of our humanity and it’s often deadly failings could be the greatest loss from this incident.
This seems particularly poignant right now with Israel blowing Lebanon apart while hunting Hezzbolah, a radical group who has vowed to destroy Israel and the Jewish people. So Mel Gibson is anti-semetic for being an idiot while intoxicated and Hezzbolah is what? Misunderstood? What choice is Israel ever given in these matters? It always seems a choice of existence or oblivion for them.
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