the speed of information: the mel gibson incident

what's interesting about the mel gibson drama isn't the crap that he's been reported to be spewing, but the speed at which his career stock dropped in less than a weekend. according to the NY Times, by saturday of the thursday scandal, quotes of his sexist, anti-semite rants on TMZ were floating around the world (via the net) so quickly that by monday mel had to check into a rehab (hollywood speak for 'go into hiding from the paparazzi') and also make a statement about wanting to meet up with jewish leaders to atone for his mistake. all i can say is 'ugh'. stop this man from making movies or have a big headed career already!

check out some OP-ED's from some celebrities about all this:
bill maher
alec baldwin