Just what we need--another commentary on Mel Gibson.  Probably not.  So I'm not really going to comment on him or his immortal soul.   I don't particularly care about him or his lilywhite butt (check Lethal Weapon if you don't believe me).

The gift is one of polarization.  People who didn't normally take a stand were forced into it.  It's very hard to shrug something off when about 60 years ago you probably had family members gassed and now you're being blamed for everything wrong in the world including Elvis' death while you watch Israel fighting for survival.

It takes someone (let's talk about Jews for the moment) pretty dense to not see this as a personal threat.  Okay, Babs, probably isn't getting it but I said pretty dense  and we know she's not even in that category.

Under normal circumstances what Mel said would be easily shrugged off but not when it's coincidental with Ahmonajihad encouraging the extermination of Israel.  It's too real to ignore even in Hollywood.  People, Jews, saw that someone they worked with, dined with and fraternized with and maybe helped make millions of dollars thinks they're dirty, loathesome and probably deserving of every bad thing that ever happened to their clan.

Such deeply held feelings (and I do believe this is a deeply held belief of Mel's) don't sit well when death stops being just a theory or obscure history.  You realize he's not talking about a vague group, no, he's talking about YOU.  You're responsible for all the wars.  His father insists the Jews in Poland weren't gassed or put into ovens, they MOVED!  They went to Sydney where they bothered him no doubt after he left Mount Vernon to get away from all the NY Jews.

But this isn't about Mel and his stupid father and their demons.  This is about the free world and thinking people.  Mel did us a favor as few people could because he's a superstar.  And what he said sparked discussion.  The gift that keeps on giving.  It's a meme that's on the radar and it's not going away no matter how many PR people Mel gets to work on it.  Apologize all you want, Mel, know the one about unringing a bell?

That bell is waking the sleepers.

And for that I thank you.

Kate.  Now There's A Wench