Mel Gibson + DUI = Anti-Semitism?

Okay, so Mel Gibson was arrested on Friday night for DUI. Big deal; people make mistakes. Millions of people have them. Unless you kill someone, your only consequence is that you'll be labeled an alcoholic for the rest of your life. If you're a celebrity, it means a lifetime of one liners about drinking, driving, or both. And most of those jokes are usually bad (take that, Jay Leno).

That's not the story here.

Apparently, old Melly Mel likes to rag on the Jews when he's sauced, according to the NY Times and several hundred other magazines on the internet. The quotes for his supposedly anti-semitic remarks when arrested for drunk driving haven't been released so far, and I imagine they won't. But I can imagine what they probably amount to.

If it is true, and he really did make those remarks, it just goes to show this guy has a lot of baggage to carry around. Unless the cops were Jewish - and no one has said they were - what would have prompted him to start such a tirade?

"You're drunk."
"So are the Jews." (Mel Gibson)
"Sir?"
"The Jews killed Jesus." (also, this is Mel)
"Whatever. We pulled you over on suspicion of drunk driving."
"I'm suspicious. Suspicious that you need to be investigating murder instead of drunk driving, that's all. I'm a cop. Didn't you ever see Lethal Weapon?*


*(Not actually what Mel Gibson said)

And so on and so forth. That's my two cents on the issue, complete with a little skit. I don't want to make light of his DUI. It can be dangerous to drive drunk, but it can also be strange and bizarre, as it is in this case. Like the people who were outraged at Mellian's comments.