Can we please give the press over the Mel Gibson story a rest? Let’s pretend it wasn’t a celebrity that this happened to, and close this matter out. The media is being unfair to Mr. Gibson because he’s a public figure and that is not right. Certainly there are a lot more important things that deserve attention. The worst thing about this is that Mel made the egregious error of getting behind the wheel of a car with an alleged over-the-limit blood alcohol level. With his inebriated state, he said some things that he surely didn’t mean and that in a sober state he would never have said. Too much is being made of his comments. The Jewish community needs to recall the childhood “sticks and stones…” rhyme and get over it. I’m Jewish and, frankly, I don’t care what Mel Gibson thinks of me and my faith or what he might rant on about when he’s had one too many. His opinion counts for zero in my world. So I don’t know what all the hubbub is about. Give the guy a break and let him work on his rehabilitation with the alcohol.
Jill Ranberg