A good word for - and from - Mel Gibson

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Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson has received an iniquitous quota of negative press, which is a shame given that he has made two of the most challenging, contrary-to-the-sensibilities-of-Hollywood films in under a decade (The Passion of the Christ and Apocalypto) and, amidst all the bad press, has participated in - seldom-publicised - philanthropic acts and gestures and has spoken out in favour of the preservation of Mayan Culture and rainforests.

From an interview on Star E-Central, Gibson is reported to have donated $500,000 to help protect El Mirador from logging and farming. As Gibson stated in the interview:

[T]he forest is threatened and it’s the last remaining rainforest in Central
America. If it burns and there are fires all around, it’s gone. People are
trying to encroach and log it. Once you put a road in there, it’s over. All 26
cities will go. You won’t find the libraries, the tombs or who walked across the
Baring Strait from Asia to get there.

Wise words and a noble campaign by Gibson, which I think are worth adding to Sementivae - Not only as counter-balance for Gibson's bad press, but also because - obviously - awareness needs to be raised as to which cultures and regions are under threat from relentless modernisation and the disregard of capitalism.