Mel part 2

Just a little side question here to follow-up on my initial post about Mel Gibson-showing-his-true-colors-in-a-drunken, anti-semitic-tirade: What the hell is the deal with these people who have millions of dollars, tens of millions, maybe hundreds of millions in Gibson's case, yet still go out and get behind the wheel of a car after drinking?

Why don't these fucktards just get a driver?

Listen, I live in NYC, so I don't have a car - and love not having one. When I go out and happen to drink (which I do occasionally) I'll get a cab home, or jump on a bus or subway with my trusty MetroCard.

But even if didn't live in Manhattan, and was instead in some cow town that lacked reliable, safe, 24-hours a day mass transit, and also didn't have thousands of yellow cabs constantly driving the streets and battling each other to come screeching to a halt when you raise your hand (and I know those of us who live in this city sometimes get spoiled and forget that most places don't actually have this) I'd like to think I wouldn't be so fucking stupid as to drive drunk. ESPECIALLY if I had tons of money to spend on a driver and car.

It doesn't even have to be a stretch limo, for God's sake - just hire a goddamn Lincoln Town Car for the night when you're going out drinking. The 300 bucks that would cost is literally nothing to someone like Gibson, who personally made something like $100 million on his last film. Seriously, it's like you or I buying a 25-cent pack of gum.

I hope he gets what's coming to him. Unfortunately, of course, in our celebrity-worshiping society, he will probably get a slap on the wrist for his civil crime (drunk driving) and make some half-assed apology for his moral crime (anti-semitism) and all will be forgiven. If he can deliver another blockbuster, then Hollywood will make sure he comes out just fine. He may even emerge from this a poor “victim” of his “disease” and get sympathy from some very stupid people.