[Apologetics] Catholic League on Mel Gibson's DWI Arrest

[Art Kelly]

July 31, 2006 

MEL’S ENEMIES LACK FORGIVENESS

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today
on the furor over the comments Mel Gibson allegedly
made after his arrest for drunk driving Friday
morning: 

“What Mel Gibson apparently said is indefensible.  The
remark attributed to him, ‘The Jews are responsible
for all the wars in the world,’ is anti-Semitic and
irresponsible.  Fortunately, he has apologized for his
bigoted outburst.  Unfortunately, his apology is being
rejected by some who should know better.  To wit:
Abraham Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League,
has branded Gibson’s apology ‘unremorseful and
insufficient.’  Moreover, Foxman concludes that it
shows what a ‘sham’ it is for Gibson to portray
himself as the ‘tolerant, loving person’ who made ‘The
Passion of the Christ.’  

“We have quite a file on Ted Turner at the Catholic
League.  Unlike Foxman, I have accepted every apology
Turner has ever made for his anti-Catholic outbursts,
all of which were made while he was sober.  Indeed, I
even went so far as to say that ‘no one in his right
mind’ would ever put Ted Turner ‘in the same camp with
a Klansman or an inveterate bigot.’  More recently,
when radio shock-jocks Opie and Anthony apologized for
their orchestrated anti-Catholic stunt in St.
Patrick’s Cathedral a few years back, I not only
accepted their apology, I was the first guest on their
new CBS radio show and welcomed their return.  

“But Mel’s enemies will never cut him a break.  Their
real goal is to discredit ‘The Passion of the Christ,’
and that is why their propaganda machine is in full
gear.  Never mind that Mel has said that
‘Anti-Semitism is not only contrary to my personal
beliefs, it is also contrary to the core message of my
movie.’  How ironic it is to note that the core
message of his film—forgiveness—is sorely lacking in
his critics.

“In 2003, Roman Polanski, the convicted child rapist,
received a standing ovation when he won an Oscar for
‘The Pianist.’  Nice to know what really offends
Hollywood.” 


                           
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