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BluPhire 07-01-2010 04:45 PM
So...umm...How about that Mel Gibson?
 
http://www.tmz.com/category/celebrity-justice/

Drolefille 07-01-2010 05:16 PM
I don't think any of us thought he was particularly classy :-/

Psi U MC Vito 07-01-2010 06:05 PM
Besides, how reliable is TMZ anyway?

Xidelt 07-02-2010 12:52 AM
Lemme guess....he's gonna blame it on booze?

epchick 07-02-2010 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 1949718)
Besides, how reliable is TMZ anyway?
Don't knock TMZ, they are pretty reliable.

pshsx1 07-02-2010 02:48 AM
Yeah, TMZ is usually pretty legit. They were the first ones to report MJ's death, weren't they?

moe.ron 07-02-2010 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 1949718)
Besides, how reliable is TMZ anyway?
Very reliable. When in come to celebrity news, you don't confirm news to cnn or network news, you confirm it to TMZ.

DrPhil 07-02-2010 07:21 PM
This doesn't bother me. People say dumb and bigoted things in private. It so happens she was recording him, to prove that he was violent and threatening her, and caught him being dumb and bigoted.

More importantly, he allegedly has beaten her including knocking her tooth out and giving her a concussion. However, the media is letting his violence be overshadowed by his saying n*gger. I guess that's what gets the public's attention in this racially charged society.

Media experts are saying that his career is done. If so, that should be about his alleged domestic violence as much as, if not more than, his use of racial slurs (including his drunk Jewish tirade a few years ago). I wouldn't boycott Gibson because he said n*gger. I probably won't remember that. But, I would remember and boycott him if it is proven that he is an abuser. Then again, I'm one of the people who doesn't care about people's prejudices and bigotry--and I believe a lot more has to happen than saying n*gger for someone to be racist.

Drolefille 07-02-2010 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1950133)
This doesn't bother me. People say dumb and bigoted things in private. It so happens she was recording him, to prove that he was violent and threatening her, and caught him being dumb and bigoted.

More importantly, he allegedly has beaten her including knocking her tooth out and giving her a concussion. However, the media is letting his violence be overshadowed by his saying n*gger. I guess that's what gets the public's attention in this racially charged society.

Media experts are saying that his career is done. If so, that should be about his alleged domestic violence as much as, if not more than, his use of racial slurs (including his drunk Jewish tirade a few years ago). I wouldn't boycott Gibson because he said n*gger. I probably won't remember that. But, I would remember and boycott him if it is proven that he is an abuser. Then again, I'm one of the people who doesn't care about people's prejudices and bigotry--and I believe a lot more has to happen than saying n*gger for someone to be racist.
At this point, at least, I think it's about the words on the tape because that's what got leaked against a judge's gag order. I don't disagree with you in general, but we'll see what happens next.

DrPhil 07-02-2010 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 1950137)
At this point, at least, I think it's about the words on the tape because that's what got leaked against a judge's gag order. I don't disagree with you in general, but we'll see what happens next.
I know...the mysterious leak. LOL.

Rant/

Some of the news shows have included his alleged abuse in their stories after they discuss his n*gger comment. And the n*gger comment is still the headliner. How can the alleged violence be a sidebar even if it is still alleged? "Alert! Mel Gibson said n*gger!!!!!!!!!!!!! Alert! And...oh yeah...by the way...if anyone cares...if you're still watching/reading/listening...sidebar...he may've beaten her and knocked her tooth out."

/Rant

DrPhil 07-02-2010 07:44 PM
I always found Gibson handsome and still do. :)

He hasn't aged well and substance abuse does that.

Jill1228 07-03-2010 11:50 AM
I've boycotted him ever since his anti Semetic rant. This just adds fuel to my dislike of him

Psi U MC Vito 07-03-2010 01:32 PM
Not to mention you are going to hell if you aren't Roman Catholic. He likes a very very small group of people it seems.

Drolefille 07-03-2010 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito (Post 1950292)
Not to mention you are going to hell if you aren't Roman Catholic. He likes a very very small group of people it seems.
Hey, he's one of those really conservative Catholics who thinks that Vatican 2 was a crazy thing the kids did in the 60s. He's a Latin Mass sort. Among other things.

A few wafers short of a Mass is what I'm saying.

DaffyKD 07-03-2010 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Jill1228 (Post 1950269)
I've boycotted him ever since his anti Semetic rant. This just adds fuel to my dislike of him
Jill, I too have boycotted him since his rant. I see no reason to support someone who hates me.

DaffKD

dreamseeker 07-03-2010 06:40 PM
Jesus M. Christ on twitter: I bet Mel Gibson calls a Blackberry a N*ggerberry.

iChuckled.

Little32 07-03-2010 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1950145)
How can the alleged violence be a sidebar even if it is still alleged?...And...oh yeah...by the way...if anyone cares...if you're still watching/reading/listening...sidebar...he may've beaten her and knocked her tooth out."
I have been involved in several conversations recently (because of celebrities) about how such moments speak to the ways that violence towards women is still permissible, forgivable, and frequently not worthy of attention or comment, which is why it continues to be so pervasive.

knight_shadow 07-03-2010 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamseeker (Post 1950340)
Jesus M. Christ on twitter: I bet Mel Gibson calls a Blackberry a N*ggerberry.

iChuckled.
http://www.threadbombing.com/data/me...eriousdgif.gif

agzg 07-03-2010 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow (Post 1950358)
OMG

Leslie Anne 07-04-2010 02:29 AM
I was really disappointed to hear Mickey Rourke's take on this whole thing, "screw the bitch." :mad:

dreamseeker 07-04-2010 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow (Post 1950358)
LOL

ellebud 07-12-2010 12:35 AM
Life isn't going so well for Mel. His agent Ed Limato died last week and the agency, WME dropped him. Too bad (not).

Leslie Anne 07-12-2010 02:14 AM
Sorry to hear of Limato's death. I love that William Morris dropped Mel though. :D

DaemonSeid 07-12-2010 05:38 AM
Ok...to summarize...

Mel Gibson is a racist douchebag who also went to the Ike Turner School of Hard Knocks

or

Mel Gibson who went to the Ike Turner School of Hard Knocks is also a racist douchebag?

ellebud 07-12-2010 01:22 PM
Years ago when Mel was married to the first wife I read an article (I have this weird memory for stuff so trust me on this) where he stated that he believed in corporal punishment for the kids...really believed because God told him to do it.

I remember feeling very uncomfortable. I am wondering when his kids (now older) will start writing books about their abusive father and their childhoods. And where was child protective services?

DrPhil 07-12-2010 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 1953766)
Years ago when Mel was married to the first wife I read an article (I have this weird memory for stuff so trust me on this) where he stated that he believed in corporal punishment for the kids...really believed because God told him to do it.

I remember feeling very uncomfortable. I am wondering when his kids (now older) will start writing books about their abusive father and their childhoods. And where was child protective services?
Are you saying that his version of corporal punishment may be abusive because he seems loony?

Or, are you saying that corporal punishment and abuse are synonymous?

Just seeking clarity. ;)

Drolefille 07-12-2010 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 1953766)
Years ago when Mel was married to the first wife I read an article (I have this weird memory for stuff so trust me on this) where he stated that he believed in corporal punishment for the kids...really believed because God told him to do it.

I remember feeling very uncomfortable. I am wondering when his kids (now older) will start writing books about their abusive father and their childhoods. And where was child protective services?
He's incredibly conservative especially when it comes to religious things - something corporal punishment usually ends up tied to. But cp isn't inherently abusive.

ellebud 07-12-2010 03:00 PM
Do I believe in corporal punishment? No. (I am the mother of 3 now grown to almost grown. And yes, there were times that I felt the murder would be justifiable homicide. jk) The way he phrased it (corporal punishment, for instance, it wasn't like, "yeah, they get out of line and I'll give them a quick smack"...and I can't quote exactly so I won't...it gave me the creeps.

ellebud 07-12-2010 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1953583)
Ok...to summarize...

Mel Gibson is a racist douchebag who also went to the Ike Turner School of Hard Knocks

or

Mel Gibson who went to the Ike Turner School of Hard Knocks is also a racist douchebag?
Both. And the funny/weird/touch of irony is that living in Los Angeles (west LA/BH/BA especially) is an incredibly multi cultural place. It is a united nations in the best sense of the word. The business (show) is obviously very open to people of all backgrounds. So, all Mr. Gibson has to do is to complete the debacle that is his life and insult Arabs/Asians/the GLT/Persian communities and he is a dead man. (I didn't include mideasterners as a group because he already stated that he hates Jews.

Oh, a dead man means work and social...not literally.

DrPhil 07-12-2010 06:51 PM
"No, Ms. Sophia! No, Ms. Sophia...NOOOOOOO!!!" :(

http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/new...tory?GT1=28135

"Oh, you're all angry now!" Gibson responds. "You know what, you ... (expletive deleted) deserved it!"

DaemonSeid 07-13-2010 08:16 AM
This is going to make an awesome South Park. http://bit.ly/digFZu

BluPhire 07-13-2010 02:18 PM
Man I can't wait to see the Law and Order episode of this.

DaemonSeid 07-13-2010 02:27 PM
This stuff should really be a career ender but its a good chance we will see this guy doing a Michael Jackson tribute on next years BET awards **wink**

ellebud 07-13-2010 02:31 PM
NO! ^^^ He is booked as the keynote speaker and honoree at the B'nai Brith Anti Defamation League dinner first.

DaemonSeid 07-13-2010 02:51 PM
I heard he was working on a remake of the 10 Commandments in CGI and 3D

LXA SE285 07-13-2010 11:49 PM
http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/the...-presented-by/

DrPhil 07-14-2010 06:27 PM
Little32 and I are psychic.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/382412...ent/?GT1=43001

Does lack of Hollywood outrage over misogynist tirade mean women have no clout?

BluPhire 07-14-2010 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1954817)
Little32 and I are psychic.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/382412...ent/?GT1=43001

Does lack of Hollywood outrage over misogynist tirade mean women have no clout?

Yep. Women have no clout.


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