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I’m not one to talk about celebrity news, but I couldn’t resist blogging about this one because it really cracked me up. Mel Gibson got detained for drunk driving on Friday morning. Yep, the same Mel Gibson who was in Braveheart and who directed Passion of the Christ. I loved him in Braveheart, I really did. He was pretty awesome in The Patriot too. I just wish he didn’t have to do the whole Purpose Driven Life thing and end up making a religious movie that even Christian fundamentalists hated. Mel Gibson, you have disappointed me so.

As if getting caught driving drunk wasn’t bad enough, Mr. Gibson just lost it and started spewing cuss words and anti-Semitic remarks at the cops.

Gibson then launched into a barrage of anti-Semitic statements: “F*****g Jews… The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.” Gibson then asked the deputy, “Are you a Jew?” (Source here)

Shame on you for drunk driving Mr. Gibson, but I must applaud you for finally being honest about your anti-Semitism. See, this is why repression is a bad thing. If you don’t admit to yourself (and maybe to the world) that you hate someone, you’re going to end up making one of those drunken public tirades that could ultimately cost you your career–or a cute anecdote you can brag about in Cosmopolitan’s Confessions.

I don’t see why people are making a big deal out of what Mel Gibson said. He was drunk, give him some slack. And if he really did mean those anti-Semitic comments, so what? It’s not wrong to hate people, damnit. It’s normal to hate people. Hating people only wrong when your life purpose is composed of stripping them of their human rights and killing them off systematically. Mel Gibson may now be far from the William Wallace character I adore, but I highly doubt that he will rise into power as the next Hitler. So calm down. Get over it.

My previous entry has caused quite a bit of a stir, which I didn’t really expect because I never realized that so many people read my blog. Since I’m a little tired of defending myself, let me just make a general statement regarding my sentiments about Americans.

I know that my last entry makes me sound really bigoted and racist, but it was written in the heat of anger. Just because I don’t like Americans doesn’t mean that I wake up every morning with new dastardly plots on how to commit genocide against them. I know it isn’t fair for me to say that all Americans are assholes, but biases are biases and there are reasons why I have them. History depicts Americans as colonial masters masquerading as benevolent teachers, and the Subic Rape Case plus random Americans on the Internet isn’t really helping me warm up to them. Bottom line is, it’s not enough for you to tell me that not all Americans are as evil as I think they are. I have to see for myself that there are nice ones out there. (Online friends don’t count because they’re still young and full of hope. :P)

Besides, even people I don’t like are entitled to basic courtesy simply because they’re still human beings. While I am generally polite to Americans despite my negative feelings towards them, I’m not exactly going to be their new best friend either. Americans - just like everyone else in the world - have to earn my trust and respect. And since generally speaking, I haven’t seen them behaving like they deserve better treatment from me, they’re not going to get any.

I hope I’ve made a few things more clear here. If you’re going to comment about my entry, please tell me something I don’t know, or ask me to clarify a few more points instead of giving me a lecture. Thanks.