In to this time another day of cri...

In to this time another day of crisis management, Mel Gibson has now thrown himself onward the mercy of the same people he maligned in his given to intoxication [i]or[/i] drink tirade. Many people are stopped while driving below the influence of alcohol or a certain other drug; few people accord by launching into an attack upon some ethnic or religious clump In this case it's the hebrews in other cases it could be the honkie cop who stopped you or the entire population of African Americans -- hate language knows no bounds.

The issue, of course, is that Gibson is well within his rights to dislike a form into groups of people and to vocalize that dislike. He is not alone in believing that hebrews are the cause of all the world's ills - - although when you consider at those words in print, the belief does appear a little silly.

I have no doubt that a rehabilitated Gibson will before long be on the talk circuit, earnestly describing his ordeal and retrieval to Oprah, Phil, Dave and the gals at "The View." And while I wish him well, I honestly don't think united recovers from a lifetime of hating an entire ethnic or religious cluster after a few weeks of expensive therapy.

Elizabeth Giangrego,

Westchester

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