NOTE: This post ran yesterday. Due to the international interest in the Mel Gibson arrest story (his mug shot is above) this has has been UPDATED with new links for today. It will be placed towards the top of this site early Wednesday morning BUT newer posts may be BELOW IT so please SCROLL DOWN.

When should apologizes be accepted–and when shouldn’t they–in cases of racial offense?

(Update by TMV):

UPDATE MUST READ: Ed Morrissey looks at this as well in a MUST READ post where he also raises some of the questions dealt with so thoughtfully in Dave’s excellent post (in an equally thoughtfully manner) that’s linked above.

IS A BAR MITZVAH OFFER NEXT? A Los Angeles rabbi has invited Gibson to be keynote speaker at his synagogue on Yom Kippur — the Jewish Day of Atonement.

SOME KEY NEWS STORIES:
Now photos have emerged of Gibson apparently partying before his arrest. And LOOK AT THESE.
Newsweek: True Views Or Just The Booze?
Sheriff Watchdog Has Concerns Over Gibson Report
Mad Mel’s passion needs to be curbed
Christopher Hitchens: Let This Be The Last We Hear Of Mel Gibson
Experts Say Gibson’s Apology Too Late
Marty Kaplan: “I’m Mel Gibson, and I’m an Anti-Semite”