So, apparently Mel Gibson got drunk, went out for a drive, and when he got pulled over and arrested, he repeatedly made anti Semitic remarks. The first thing I thought of when I read the story was how this damages Mr. Gibson’s credibility in light of his direction of “The Passion of the Christ.” He spent huge amounts of money to make a movie that presented in graphic detail the basis of the faith he claims, and it won acclaim from Christianity in general because of its attention to detail and accuracy.

In addition, Mr. Gibson presented a very Catholic view of Christ’s Passion and Death, to viewers who were not necessarily Catholic. It was a very good primer about the Stations of the Cross for those who aren’t familiar with them. Not only that, Mr. Gibson is widely known as being a particularly conservative Catholic. So, what does something like this do? If we’re not careful, it brands conservative Catholics as a bunch of anti-Semitic nut-jobs who preach one thing and do another.

Two saving graces in the story: 1. Anyone who knows anything about Christianity knows that man is in a fallen state, and that applies to Mel Gibson too; 2. Gibson’s apology was a real, remorseful apology, not a standard Hollywood/D.C. non-apology apology (like Jihad Cindy’s “I wish it had never happened” apology.)

Here’s the article; be aware, language in it is NSFW and pretty bad anyway. Last paragraph is the apology.