Mel Gibson

There is something about being rich and famous that is a soul killer. The rich and famous need to protect themselves from all the people who want to talk to them, meet them, want a part of them. Much of that protection is made up from an infrastructure of people; lawyers, assistants, body guards, service folks and all sorts of other kinds of staff.

If you are one of the infrastructure, where is the line between doing your job and protecting Mr. or Ms. Rich and Famous (R&F) and being a sycophant? Of course R&F has to be the one in charge of the line, but you can’t do it alone. They need to have someone they trust to help them keep their heads on straight. The problem is I don’t think many of the R&F do that well. Most seem so coddled and protected that they don’t have a clue what life is about.

This all started out because of Mel Gibson’s recent self destructive anti-Semitic rant. The thing him is he knows that kind of behavior is socially unacceptable. He is recanting what he said. He is saying he does not believe what he said. He is blaming alcohol. His denials are unbelievable and at this point his apologies are (IMHO) unacceptable. But, to me, that is not the point. To me, the point is how he can believe in something that he has to publicly disavow. Doesn’t that fact that he has to deny his believes make him wonder about their validity? If you can’t, when necessary support your beliefs publicly, maybe it is time to re-think them.