tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post116406240752489172..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Murdoch; RichardsEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1164109450266332472006-11-21T03:44:00.000-08:002006-11-21T03:44:00.000-08:00On O.J.: Somehow I think this won't affect O.J. v...On O.J.: Somehow I think this won't affect O.J. very much. Judith Regan claims the book deal was made with a third party who "owns" the rights to the book; supposedly the money will be going to the children. Some people in the industry are wondering if anybody is going to get paid for the book. I strongly suspect the money was paid up front and O.J. [excuse me, the unnamed third party] is laughing all the way to the offshore bank account.<BR/><BR/>The whole situation makes me want to vomit; moreso when I realize that -- with the pulping of returned copies -- this atrocity will become an instant and highly valuable collector's item.<BR/><BR/>-- Jerry HouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-1164064548215542882006-11-20T15:15:00.000-08:002006-11-20T15:15:00.000-08:00For those who accept Mr. Gorman's characterization...For those who accept Mr. Gorman's characterization of Mel Gibson's apology as one "in which he casts himself as the victim" I provide the actual text Gibson's apology. How anyone could read it and describe it as Mr. Gorman has is beyond me.<BR/><BR/>"There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologise specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.<BR/><BR/>"I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologise directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.<BR/><BR/>"The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honour my God I have to honour his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.<BR/><BR/>"I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one-on-one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.<BR/><BR/>"I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realising is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery.<BR/><BR/>"Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.<BR/><BR/>"This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognising the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad."Mark Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427374841586781406noreply@blogger.com