RE: xhonzi: Gasp! You unearthed my past demons! How dare you?! I shall now throw verbal slurs at you and punch you in areas around the face! I hope you're holding a baby in front of you to defend yourself, not that that will matter because there will be fisticuffs, damnit!
Whoo. Let's see now. Going back to Warb but not bothering to do blockquotes because I'm lazy.
My whole point in agreeing with C3PX's statement was that I was not drawing conclusions. I'm neither defending Mel Gibson nor am I attacking him. I have not listened to the tapes. Maybe if I had, I would be in more of a position to express an opinion, but please don't mistake me for doing so already because I'm not. But even if I did, and I was repulsed by whatever statements I heard, I don't know for sure if it would be enough to pass judgment. Everyone has moments of lost temper. There have been threads where you have lost your temper and slung vitriol (sometimes under a different alias). In this very thread, I briefly lost my own temper. (Not to mention that in closed company, people often say politically incorrect or otherwise offensive statements.) The point is, neither of us (I hope) are defined by it. But again let me state that this is not me vindicating Mel Gibson of anything. Like everything else I've said in this thread, it is intended to be a generalized statement intended for reflection, not necessarily a defense of Mel Gibson, a subject of which I've already admitted little real knowledge of.