Warning: Mel Gibson Thread [View All]

[MoseyWalker]

I can't believe I'm doing this, but feel a compulsion, so bear with me please.

I have read many posters who wrote that a person's true self comes out when drunk, because the inhibitions are no longer there. That is something that my mom said to me many times while I was growing up, and I used to believe it. I no longer do, because I think it's a little more complicated than that.

I'm not religious, so won't be the first to throw stones.

I think that when a person becomes drunk, the frontal cortex is basically put to sleep, and more base and basic levels of functioning come to the surface. There are many unknowns interacting at the base levels of the brain, and one never knows where they are going to take one.

MSNBC just had yet another report about Mel, and the "reporter" related that he had been having a great time with everyone, though was a bit drunk and shouldn't have driven home.

First mistake: No one took his keys away and forcefully told him not to drive.

Mel apparently got into his car, was probably listening to some music he liked on the radio for about 30 minutes or so, and then had to contend with flashing lights in his rear view mirror. He's drunk, he's almost home, and the damn cops have pulled his ass over.

No, He should not have been driving, but I understand in a way his reaction.

Remember, he was not functioning with all his faculties.

He is being questioned about his drinking, made to blow into a breathalizer, and probably asked to walk a straight line after a flashlight was shone in his eyes to look for nastigmus sp?.

He got pissed, and due to his diminished mental capacities, reverted to something and someone from an earlier time.

And here is where I depart from the belief that a person will be their true selves when drunk. I think they will become a regressed version of themselves.

It's common knowledge that Mel's dad was a psycho anti-semite. Mel grew up with this.

When a drunk becomes angry, sometimes they revert to a previous pattern of thoughts and reactions. I think that is what happened in this case.

I believe Mel is sincere in his apology and other words he has stated publically since. I could be wrong.

I still won't watch any of his movies.

I won't comment on this any further, but felt I had to put my 22 cents in.

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Updated to take a word that had the wrong meaning, and change it to a word I can't spell.