That's a very good question, and I'm glad that I asked myself this, so I can go into detail and answer it.  Oh, what, you didn't hear?  Well, I'm glad that after you crawled from under that rock that the first thing you did was log onto Review the World.com and check out this great editorial

Anyways, William Wallace himself was pulled over Friday afternoon after going 87 mph in a 45 zone in sunny Los Angeles.  He was found with a bottle of tequila in his car and blew a .12, which is above California's legal limit.  A scandal, to be sure, but not where the fun begins.  In the sheriff's report, Gibson was said to have made some bigoted comments, such as "The Jews have started all our wars," and then asked the arresting officer if he was a Jew.  Needless to say, the public has made a big hiss fit over this, and rightfully they should.  Reason number one being that Mel Gibson is a big Hollywood star, an Oscar winner, so anything he does will be scrutinized in the public's eye, with a major emphasis on stupid, drunken, negative things.  And Reason number two is that Jews are whiny.  Wow, that's not helpful, but see I'm not a rich Hollywood star so who cares what I think of Jews.

Let's compound to this the fact that Mel Gibson made enough money to recreate the star of David into the image of a shot glass from his 2004 hit "The Passion of the Christ."  A powerful film, none, even the most Agnostic open minded fanboy movie critics could not disagree, but in the Jewish light, it seemed pretty offensive.  They actually felt like they were put on trial for the murder of Jesus, and they did not get the OJ treatment.  Gibson at the time had to fight off accusations of being an Anti-Semite, and is still denying the fact even though he admits to making derogatory remarks about Jews.  He had now pleaded to meet with Jewish leaders to make even more apologies (talk about whiny!)  He says it's not about a film, but since the incident, ABC has pulled a miniseries two years in the making about a Holocaust prisoner falling in love at a concentration camp, that Mel was producing.  And Mel's new film "Apocolypto" a film about the decline of the Mayan civilization( that's going to be an easy sell; yeah, right!) so add this on and he's got real problems with the rest of his career.

So, back to the question: should we care if Mel hates the Jews?  Well, yes, of course we should because if any movie star whatsoever has a negative opinion of religious affiliation, it should by all means make national, hell, global, hell, this story  is probably being broadcasted on Venus, news and be the focus of precious TV and print space being reported instead of important matters like our troops languishing in Afghanistan, or the ever rising gas prices.  Please inform me the next time Johnny Depp spits out a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in public.  I must know.  The Jewish people certainly think it's worthy and will probably try to demolish Mel's career (if Barbara Walters doesn't first; she has now stated she will boycott any film of his for the rest of her life; I don't know about you, but I am over Barbara Walters and what she thinks on this subject has about as much weight with me as a fly turd).  Should Mel's films be judged based on his own actions?  The quality of the films he makes should not; they should stand alone, nor should the distribution or marketing or criticism for the film be based on his personal actions.  Take Woody Allen: he basically did his daughter and then married her, and people rave about his movies.  And why?  Because they're funny and relevant, not because he slipped into Yan Sue's bed, under her Barbie comforter and played naughty babysitter with her.

So, in conclusion, Mel Gibson will be chastised for his behavior; that much is certain.  And his career will suffer, at least for the time being, but I believe, in time, he'll be remembered as a great movie star and director.  As a side note, I read that Gibson's father; during the premiere of "The Passion..." he said he believes that the Holocaust was "fictional."  How you could think, how someone could possibly fathom that 90 million people gone missing is fiction?  Like we just stashed them all on a tropical island and kept the illusion up for the last seventy years.  That comment is blasphemous and bigoted and disillusioned, and I have no problem saying that I would like to see Mr. Gibson Sr. shoved into an oven just for being born a certain way, and see how fictional he thinks that is.  Nuff said.

- Jessie