Mel Gibson is insane

[Ladyhawk]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4224452/

[Skittles]

1. YES HE IS

AND I AM SICKENED BY THE PEOPLE LINING UP TO SEE HIS PIECE OF SHIT MOVIE.

[The Lone Liberal]

4. Kick his ass Skittles

Man, I would hate to be that dude.

[DarkPhenyx]

11. I'd love to be him.

Women are falling all over him, and have been for years, money, money, money...sheesh!

[The Lone Liberal]

16. Yea, but hes fixing to get his butt kicked by Skittles. LOL

and when Skittles kicks you butt, your butt is kicked.

[DarkPhenyx]

19. But I might enjoy it!

:) Ya never know.

[regnaD kciN]

34. Breaking headlines...

GIBSON: WIFE HEADED FOR HELL

WIFE: MEL HEADED FOR LIVING-ROOM COUCH

;-)

[boxster]

25. Amen. Pun entirely intended.

n/t

[DrWeird]

2. Yup.

Nuttier than a fruitcake.

Want to place bets on how long it takes for somebody to complain about antichristianity in this thread?

[gyopsy]

3. What's happened to him?

Does anyone else remember when Gibson was a respectable actor who just made decent films?

In the last year, he's just gotten worse and worse. Attacking his own wife like that makes him embody EVERYTHING I hate about organized religion. :scared:

[ET Awful]

5. They don't call him Mad Max for nothin' :)

He's a loon.

[Ladyhawk]

6. Thing is, I used to think he was cute.

And I liked his movies, too. What happened to him???

On Edit: OMG, I'm in the 700 Club!

[ChiefHappyButt]

7. Mel Gibson is insane

uh huh. I agree.

[CanuckAmok]

8. Okay, listen very carefully...

As someone who works with them everyday, and as someone who has done so for a decade now...

ALL ACTORS ARE INSANE.

It's true. It doesn't matter how grounded they appear. They are categorically the most insecure, shallow, self-involved, gullable, and impressionable people in the world, to a man. Most of them suffer from textbook psychological disorders as narcissism, delusion, and multiple personality disorder.

I believe many of them are psychotic or sociopathic.

There. I finally said it.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Maybe, but could it be that...

...some are MORE insane than others? :crazy:

[gyopsy]

10. You'd have to be in a sense

n/t

[smirkymonkey]

32. I always thought that might be

the case, thanks for verifying!

[Susang]

38. Sure, whatever

As someone who's worked with them, been one, and been married to one for more years than I'd like to say, I can say with total authority that ALL people suffer from "textbook psychological disorders as narcissism, delusion, and multiple personality disorder.". As proof, I'd like to offer up my sister and her husband's experience as phd's in clinical psychology. 99% of their patients are NOT actors.

I will be flamed for this, I'm sure, but Mel's "insanity" appears to me to stem from his involvement with the charismatic form of Catholicism he is devoted to. My best friend's husband came from a family that was of that sect and though she was sure that he would not follow that path, he now attends a special church, just like Mel's, where they do not recognize the authority of the Pope, deny all of the reformations of the Vatican II council and he now tells anyone who will listen that his wife (my best and oldest friend) is a "Jezebel", who will go to hell if she doesn't accept his faith. So Gibson's behavior is very familiar to me and it has absolutely nothing to do with his acting career.

[shugah]

40. verily yea, Susang

acting, religion, politics, addiction, <insert psychological disorder here>, the amazing thing is not that there are so many mentally ill people - the amazing thing is that so many mentally ill people can find a club to join! ;-)

[Susang]

41. I guess DU's mine!

Club, addiction, what have you. At least it keeps me off the streets! :-)

P.S. Good to see you around! :hi:

[CanuckAmok]

46. It's true that not all who are insane, act.

However, my experience is that all who act, are insane. To one degree or another...

No offense intended, Susang.

[Susang]

47. Oh, none taken

My point being that we all are pretty insane when you get right down to it, not just the people who manifest it outwardly. It's the quiet ones you gotta watch out for, after all, I can't recall a single serial killer actor. At least that we know of. ;-)

[Archae]

12. Mel is just the latest

The latest in a string of celebrities who gets too much money, does lots of dope, and "finds Jesus."

Then the big money collides with the big ego, and the horrible mixture results in total crap.

[Deja Q]

13. HEY!!! Mel has got two great things going FOR him!

1. He's inane.

2. He's insane.

Seems to be a good fit in *'s Murika, don't ya think?...

[DarkPhenyx]

14. Just when did it become inasnity...

...to profess the tenants of your religion? There are people in every religion who believe that unless you buy into their particular flavor of divinity you are going to burn forever. Ya'll miss the comment about "comes from the chair" which I believe means the Pope. As a devout Catholic isn't he supposed to listen to the Pope and take his edicts as law?

[Ladyhawk]

15. Hey! It's my right to think he's insane. :)

[DarkPhenyx]

17. O won't argue about that...

..however, the question still stands.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

20. Why he chooses to remain...

a devout Catholic is what makes him insane, in my book.

Twelve years of Catholic school opened my mind in a way the Pope probably would not have liked.

Most practing Catholics I know have long ago wisely let go of such rigid interpretations of their faith. And they tend to be the liberal Catholics who do all the fine justice actions around the world.

I do believe there is such thing as a religiously insane person (to steal from BartCop). I find them to be the type of person that cannot handle life without a VERY narrow and rigid religious framework that allows for zero intellectual challenge. Without those strict parameters, they crumble. And they can't seem to deal well with us folks who manage to balance intellectual curiosity and spirituality.

[DarkPhenyx]

27. Another thing I can't really argue with.

However, if one cannot live within the cannon of their chosen religion then they should leave tha religion not selectively follow those tenants they feel comfortable with and disreguard the rest.

[oldcoot]

21. One reason why Gibson might be insane

It is probably not a good idea to discuss why your spouse may go to hell with millions of people regardless of your religious beliefs. Your spouse might get very angry with you for the public humiliation and make your life miserable. Gibson could have easily talked about other aspects of his religion without dragging his wife into it.

[DarkPhenyx]

26. You assume they haven't already had this discussion themselves.

I knwo when I was married we had some pretyt bizarre conversations. I even know men who answer "yes" when asked "do these make my butt look big".

[oldcoot]

30. Private conversations vs. Public comments

I am sure that they have had this conversation in the past. I suspect that Mel probably tried to convert his wife. However, it is one thing to say "Honey, I love you but you are going to hell" in the privacy of one's home and another to announce to the entire world that your spouse is going to hell.

[DarkPhenyx]

31. Agreed.

It is also possible she dosen't give a rats ass.

[smirkymonkey]

33. Right - and how can he say she

is GOING to hell?? I would think that being married to him, she is already there. :evilgrin:

[lolly]

42. If she's put up with him this far . . .

She obviously is in it for the long haul.

There was lots of talk about Mel's affairs--even with young girls--floating around a few years back. One of the ladies' mags (Ladies Home Journal?) even ran a picture of him with his wife as the illustration for an article on "Why Women Stick by Men Who Cheat" or something like that.

[oldcoot]

43. Really?

He cheated on her and now he is talking about how she is going to hell?

[lolly]

44. Doesn't matter

He says in the article, in fact, that she is a better person than he is, that she's a living saint, etc. etc.

BUT

she hasn't accepted the right religion, so there's no place for her in heaven.

[regnaD kciN]

35. It depends...

...on the "tenants" (sic) of one's religion.

;-)

Seriously, I would think that for the Branch Davidians or the "Heaven's Gate" cult, just professing the principles of your religion once would be enough for most people to consider you insane.

And, by the way, Roman Catholics are only supposed to take the Pope's edicts as law when he's speaking ex cathedra, and no Pope has ever done so concerning that topic. Indeed, Vatican II (which I know Mel doesn't accept, but still...) stated that, by virtue of their baptism, non-Roman Christians were, indeed, "in Christ," even if in an imperfect manner, and could achieve salvation.

[Heyo]

39. Dontcha get it?

He's insane for making a Christian movie...

You have to make a movie about Islam for people to accept it.

All Christian are nutcases, remember? If you want to be respected, become an atheist or convert to Islam.

Heyo

[regnaD kciN]

48. That makes NO sense...

He's insane for making a Christian movie...

Funny, Franco Zeffirelli isn't insane, nor were the makers of most other Biblical epics.

You have to make a movie about Islam for people to accept it.

This almost deserves a laugh-track. Remember what happened when the last "movie about Islam" got made? It was Mohammed, Messenger Of God (title eventually shortened to The Message), and it was, from all accounts, an extremely reverent retelling that got around Islam's prohibition of showing Mohammed himself by filming it from his point of view. It was approved by both the Sunni and Shi'ite leaderships. So, what happened when it was released? The threat of rioting (because any film version of Mohammed's life would automatically be "blasphemous") caused many Moslem countries to ban it, most theater owners in the U.S. refused to show it out of fear of terrorist attacks and, indeed (if I recall correctly) one militant group staged a takeover of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's home (for reasons I still don't understand) in protest of the "blasphemy." Yep, the best way to be accepted as a religious filmmaker is to make a movie about Islam...no doubt about it!

:eyes:

[Heyo]

52. Sorry bro..

I guess I should have put the ol' '' thing in there..

I really thought it was implied..

my bad...

Heyo

[Ilsa]

18. Well, isn't that a hoot?

If he had killed himself, then "from the chair", he would have been sent to hell. But now he gets to go to heaven while the rest of us hard-working, well-behaving protestant schmucks go to hell. Or so he thinks.

He can go screw himself. He's not getting a dime out of me for his propaganda.

[oldcoot]

22. I think that he may have just screwed himself

I wonder how the Protestants who went to see this movie are feeling about Old Mel after reading his comments? I also wonder if these comments will hurt future ticket and DVD sales.

[Ellen Forradalom]

23. His wife is already in hell

married to a religious maniac.

[City Lights]

24. Didya see the live vote?

"Is Mel Gibson one bead short of a full rosary?" :evilgrin:

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. A note to Mr. Gibson. If you believe your wife is going to Hell for being

a Protestant, than surely you must believe that if you jump off that building...you too, are going to Hell. :shrug:

***Disclaimer--MrsGrumpy in no way believes that Protestants and suicides have prepurchased tickets to eternal damnation. She was merely pointing out Mr. Gibson's flawed thought processes in that interview. :hi:

[Ernesto]

29. DUH?

Unfortunatly, the majority of 'merican sheeple are not too far behind. baa baa, baa baa........

[DEM FAN]

36. Gibson Is An F-ing Nut.

:-(

[phrenzy]

37. He IS Martin Riggs!

It's scary - he has BECOME Riggs!

[ChoralScholar]

45. well, what do you expect

Martin Riggs is the only part he's been able to successfully play. So successful in fact, that he plays it in EVERY SINGLE MOVIE. (Lethal Weapon 1-4, Braveheart, The Patriot, What Women Want, Ransom, Payback, etc, etc, etc...)

On a side note, I was thinking today, Mel should have played Christ in the movie, though. It might have been cool to see him go all Martin Riggs on the moneychangers in the temple.

[VOX]

49. Let's see: Mell thinks his wife's going to hell, and he's been suicidal...

These two convictions alone would qualify him for observation in a psychiatric hospital.

[Susang]

50. There also appears to be a family history

His father shows definite paranoia, along with delusional fantasies and a nasty persecution complex.

[Mick Knox]

51. ohhhh booyyyyyy... I think I'll not defend gibson this thread... nt