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michelle said:
could be, michelle....maybe him being 'off the wagon' ...i understand that alcoholics have it rough..extremely hard battle, but it's very hard for family members to watch & be around.....
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could be, michelle....maybe him being 'off the wagon' ...i understand that alcoholics have it rough..extremely hard battle, but it's very hard for family members to watch & be around.....
So true JBean.JBean said:
I'm always telling the little one, be grateful for what you have!
Life's too short to think about what you are missing out on.
You will never be happy if you are thinking about what you don't have.
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jilly said:
Once a person is drunk, they are incapable of assessing the situation realistically. The problem is drunks never think they are incapacitated and think they are perfectly fine to drive! It's usually pretty difficult to reason with a drunk, if anyone's ever tried.
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true...i guess, in the long run, it's better to just be 'plain folk', use to not having a whole lot...working regular jobs, making ends meet, having close friends & family (although my family is pretty dysfunctional
..heck, so are some of my friends).....my point is, i know when i DO get/buy something special, or what i deem special, i really appreciate it, & that makes me happy JBean, they were showing on NG tonight how he has been stopped before and the officer was suspicious he was drinking but let him go! Also he has been stopped a few times for driving fast, like 90 mph or something.JBean said:do we know if he has been convicted of this offense before?
gosh if I am reading that penalty grid right, this couldn't be his first time.
close_enough said:true...i guess, in the long run, it's better to just be 'plain folk', use to not having a whole lot...working regular jobs, making ends meet, having close friends & family (although my family is pretty dysfunctional
Exactly close enough!
It's the little things that make me happy, doesn't take much lol it really doesn't.
My son and his friends have discovered cabs and take them wherever they go when they are drinking.
The other night, he was partying in Laguna Beach with friends and they were bar hopping. He was hailing a cab on PCH and a lady stopped and picked up him and his friend!
Can you imagine picking up 2 drunk men as a woman driving alone?
Can you imagine being stupid enough to get in the car with a woman stupid enough to pick up 2 drunk men?
The other night, he was partying in Laguna Beach with friends and they were bar hopping. He was hailing a cab on PCH and a lady stopped and picked up him and his friend!
Can you imagine picking up 2 drunk men as a woman driving alone?
Can you imagine being stupid enough to get in the car with a woman stupid enough to pick up 2 drunk men?
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1)You're a moderator here, tybee...and 2)a well respected poster, IMO...so I'll tread lightly on the first and try to be concise re the second:
"Regardless of how it might hurt his wife or 7 children "
That is for Mel to deal with and is not my concern since I choose not to drive drunk at an insane speed level, insult women or people of the Jewish Faith.
"Yes a terrible human being that has been married to one woman in Hollywood, raised children that are not making headlines as trouble makers or spoiled Hollywood brats."
He may be a terrible human being or a wonderful human being...I don't know that either is true and have not opined other than his actions in this case we're discussing does not speak to his "wonderfulness". Many people stay married to the same woman and remain true to their vows, are home every possible night and raise their children to be upstanding citizens. I'd suggest that men like that are to be admired and eumulated. I really can't comment about his children because I don't know any of them nor would I wish to comment on them if they pajama partied in my home once a month.
"Yes this man deserves no recognition for deserving anything as a human being."
IMO, he's merely another Hollywood Actor or similar "celebrity" who misbehaves (dangerously in his case) and it's my humble opinion that he has yet to deserve his place on any pedestal for making some movies that I liked and some that I did not like so well.
"A life time of achievement deserves nothing in the face of one night of drunken idiocy."
(see above)...his achievements are not so notable that I would excuse him for being a danger to others, ...as for his personal demons, he has to answer to himself, his family, his friends and those he has defamed.
"Off with his head!!"
No, not at all...nothing so dramatic as that from one of his movies...I've been near situations where people were mangled like that and would never advocate that for anyone.
"Regardless of how it might hurt his wife or 7 children "
That is for Mel to deal with and is not my concern since I choose not to drive drunk at an insane speed level, insult women or people of the Jewish Faith.
"Yes a terrible human being that has been married to one woman in Hollywood, raised children that are not making headlines as trouble makers or spoiled Hollywood brats."
He may be a terrible human being or a wonderful human being...I don't know that either is true and have not opined other than his actions in this case we're discussing does not speak to his "wonderfulness". Many people stay married to the same woman and remain true to their vows, are home every possible night and raise their children to be upstanding citizens. I'd suggest that men like that are to be admired and eumulated. I really can't comment about his children because I don't know any of them nor would I wish to comment on them if they pajama partied in my home once a month.
"Yes this man deserves no recognition for deserving anything as a human being."
IMO, he's merely another Hollywood Actor or similar "celebrity" who misbehaves (dangerously in his case) and it's my humble opinion that he has yet to deserve his place on any pedestal for making some movies that I liked and some that I did not like so well.
"A life time of achievement deserves nothing in the face of one night of drunken idiocy."
(see above)...his achievements are not so notable that I would excuse him for being a danger to others, ...as for his personal demons, he has to answer to himself, his family, his friends and those he has defamed.
"Off with his head!!"
No, not at all...nothing so dramatic as that from one of his movies...I've been near situations where people were mangled like that and would never advocate that for anyone.
But I am wondering if he has gotten a DUI. because the grid doesn't say you would face up to 6 months in jail on a first offense.??michelle said:
here is the CA DUI penalty grid, by offense.
http://www.kandblaw.com/penalty_chart.html
Now this article says and i have hard it reported that he could spend up to 6 months in jail if convicted of this offense.
>>If convicted, Gibson faces up to six months in jail, the district attorney's office said<<
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=nation_world&id=4416626
So cripes..can we gather he has been convicted before? that would be bad.I really hope not, i really do.
Oh these guys are cute alright...but those are the ones ya gotta watch!michelle said:
I mean what if she were to say they attacked her or something...or if she was a psycho... .oh gosh this goes on the Motherhood thread..never mind..
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Liz said:
actually, i know more than a few folks that will call a cab, when they've had too much to drink...more people should do the same..