Even More On Gibson... Just In Case You Haven't Read Enough About Him Already
Steve: Can we assume from your characterization that you don't think Gibson honest when he says he answers to a higher authority? You used the word portray, which implies you believe it to be a sham.
No, but calling an female police officer ‘sugar t!ts,’ cursing profusely, and irrationally railing against Jews with much prejudice doesn’t do much for his credibility as a reliable source of Godly truth. His behavior is a disservice to the same Christians he has grown to depend on to support his business-oriented endeavors.
I'm not sure how you arrive at the conclusion that Gibson is a "secular" actor.
What does ‘Lethal Weapon IV,’ ‘Signs,’ and ‘Chicken Run’ have to do with Christianity? He is a secular actor, like it or not. He’s most recently evolved into a ‘Christian Filmmaker,’ even though his actions seem to be 180 degrees from what a Christian filmmaker would want to be associated with.
You position Gibson as a member of the Hollywood elite who is no different than his peers, yet you want to hold him to a more stringent standard than his peers simply because he had the audacity to be openly religious.
If he wants the kind of credibility that his career now requires, he should probably walk the walk.
Anger management??!! Please, drop the psycho-babble on someone else… people say and do things under the influence that they do not and would not support otherwise.
Support? Maybe. Believe? I’m not so sure. Under ‘The Influence,’ people most often lose the control that their sober minds provide, both physically and intellectually. Alcohol allows many to speak and act without the ‘mental filter’ that most rational, sober people have. That doesn’t mean that what is said or done wasn’t thought or desired, though.
I’m really surprised that you buy into the ‘Demon Alcohol’ myth, especially considering your tendency to tout personal responsibility for what you say and do. If it’s in there, alcohol may allow it to get out, but that’s the extent of it. So, again, blaming alcohol consumption for what you say and do is a cop-out.
How much experience do you have with alcohol? Not much, I'll wager.
Whatever you want to think, dude.
Make no mistake, I am not trying to beatify Gibson. He did a dumb thing and I'd bet real money that it had a lot to do with ego and self-gratification.
And stupidity.
He should be ashamed.
Damn right. I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't buy into this stupid notion of "role models," whether they are good or bad ones. That's just a form of the same social disease that created our society of victims. I don't hold Tommy Lee up for criticism because I think he is some kind of role model who fails at his assigned duties. I hold him up for criticism because he is a low-life scumbag.
Well, whatever you think is whatever you think, Steve. But I’d guess that Tommy Lee would tell you that all he is one bad-ass drummer. On the other hand, Mel Gibson has evolved into a Christian filmmaker. His audience expects much more (and much better) from him than what he has recently given them. Does that make him a ‘low-life scumbag,’ too?
No, but calling an female police officer ‘sugar t!ts,’ cursing profusely, and irrationally railing against Jews with much prejudice doesn’t do much for his credibility as a reliable source of Godly truth. His behavior is a disservice to the same Christians he has grown to depend on to support his business-oriented endeavors.
I'm not sure how you arrive at the conclusion that Gibson is a "secular" actor.
What does ‘Lethal Weapon IV,’ ‘Signs,’ and ‘Chicken Run’ have to do with Christianity? He is a secular actor, like it or not. He’s most recently evolved into a ‘Christian Filmmaker,’ even though his actions seem to be 180 degrees from what a Christian filmmaker would want to be associated with.
You position Gibson as a member of the Hollywood elite who is no different than his peers, yet you want to hold him to a more stringent standard than his peers simply because he had the audacity to be openly religious.
If he wants the kind of credibility that his career now requires, he should probably walk the walk.
Anger management??!! Please, drop the psycho-babble on someone else… people say and do things under the influence that they do not and would not support otherwise.
Support? Maybe. Believe? I’m not so sure. Under ‘The Influence,’ people most often lose the control that their sober minds provide, both physically and intellectually. Alcohol allows many to speak and act without the ‘mental filter’ that most rational, sober people have. That doesn’t mean that what is said or done wasn’t thought or desired, though.
I’m really surprised that you buy into the ‘Demon Alcohol’ myth, especially considering your tendency to tout personal responsibility for what you say and do. If it’s in there, alcohol may allow it to get out, but that’s the extent of it. So, again, blaming alcohol consumption for what you say and do is a cop-out.
How much experience do you have with alcohol? Not much, I'll wager.
Whatever you want to think, dude.
Make no mistake, I am not trying to beatify Gibson. He did a dumb thing and I'd bet real money that it had a lot to do with ego and self-gratification.
And stupidity.
He should be ashamed.
Damn right. I agree wholeheartedly.
I don't buy into this stupid notion of "role models," whether they are good or bad ones. That's just a form of the same social disease that created our society of victims. I don't hold Tommy Lee up for criticism because I think he is some kind of role model who fails at his assigned duties. I hold him up for criticism because he is a low-life scumbag.
Well, whatever you think is whatever you think, Steve. But I’d guess that Tommy Lee would tell you that all he is one bad-ass drummer. On the other hand, Mel Gibson has evolved into a Christian filmmaker. His audience expects much more (and much better) from him than what he has recently given them. Does that make him a ‘low-life scumbag,’ too?
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