Originally Posted by ronaldo

I never said what he said was excusable.

For example, what Mel Gibson did, I find inexcusable because he went on to blame what he said on alcoholism. What Michael Richards did however, I would ACCEPT that one time BECAUSE he came out the next day and made a heartfelt apology without any excuses. If he was to do it again, no matter his response, I wouldn't accept it. Both did something wrong and we were able to see how they handled it.

The guy on the road clearly did something wrong, but neither I NOR you know how he handled it afterwards. If he went out and bragged to his friends about how he tore a strip off some old lady who was dawdling on the street, yeah, I'd say that he's an idiot. If he went home, settled down and GENUINELY felt bad about what he said, I'd write that off as ONE bad action.