I think I've waited long enough to see what would happen. Mel Gibson was stopped for drunken driving and goes into a very public tirade against Jews. His anti-Semitic remarks caused hurt and outrage among the Jewish community which had already expressed concern with many other organizations a couple of years ago that his movie, "The Passion," would stir up anti-Semitism wherever it was shown.

High-profile celebrity reporters/interviewers Geraldo Rivera and Barbara Walters have both stated that they will never forgive Mel Gibson for the things he said in his drunken stupor. I find all that very interesting. I understand, given the history of this world's persecution of the Jewish community, that the Jewish people would naturally know that vigilance on their part against unchecked hatred of their people is very important. I also find it interesting though that Barbara Walters would say that she will never be able to forgive Mel Gibson, when she let Rosie O'Donnell make some pretty strong and offensive remarks about Christianity on the View, a show Walters produces.

During a discussion of the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy last month, O'Donnell said, "Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have a separation of church and state. We're a democracy here," she said on the show." You can read a transcript of the show if you want to see how ridiculous the rest of her related remarks were. I saw clips from the show and you could literally see the shock and surprise on the face of co-hosts Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Joy Behar at these and other remarks with which they obviously disagreed.

I haven't seen Barbara Walters apologize for Rosie slamming "radical Christianity". I can't read Rosie's mind so I have no idea what or who these dangerous radicals are or what their agenda is. Why can't Barbara forgive Mel Gibson? He was roaring drunk when he made his remarks. Rosie O'Donnell was stone cold sober.

I think regarding Mel Gibson's incident on another level though, that an entirely salient point was missed. He was driving drunk. That is more important than whether he stood around making derogatory remarks against other races, religions or the color of people's socks. Someone that drives drunk has serious issues which are spilling over to the roadway and have become a potential danger to society. Deal with that.

I work with the public most days of the week and I have dealt with drunken, annoying people on many occasions. I pretty much tend to write off and ignore their offensive remarks. It is the fact that they get on the road, behind the wheel that I have a problem with. And I have no problem calling the police to report them. I don't hate them, but they have a serious problem and all too often in this country people just wink and nod about it. I doubt his drunk driving would have been remembered very long by anybody other than the late night comedians who milk such things for all they can.

How does the importance of that fact get lost in all of the hoopla over Mel Gibson's drunken remarks? He has apologized very publicly for those stupid remarks. I accept that apology. I hope that the problem he has with alcohol will be the next problem he deals with.