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Third World Comments
I also fail to see how his comments about third world countries belongs in the controversy / criticism section.  Does anyone actually take issue with his claim that they have ""problems of poverty, disease, and corruption?""  He's basically saying that third world countries are...well...third world countries.

Bin Laden / Ahmadinejad Comments
Gibson isn't accusing Democrats of modeling themselves after Osama or Ahmadinejad, which I admit would be controversial if he did.  He did just the opposite, in fact.  He seems to be accusing the duo of modeling their pronouncements after standard talking points of the Democrats.  This is a far cry from comparing Bush to Hitler, for instance.  

France / Hip Hop Culture and the School Shoooting
His comment saying no one would care if France were nuked might be considered controversial, although it's proven not to be his ""nappy-headed ho's"" type career damaging statement.  Every section in the criticism section has created NO RIPPLE outside of the highly partisan sections of the blogosphere, aside form his comments on the school shooting (which was mentioned in a small circulation hip-hop magazine).

For the sake of comparission, I'd like to cite Chris Matthew's June 26th edition of ""Hardball"", where Ann Coulter was a guest.  After saying he was ""deeply concerned"" about people who think like Coulter, many of the members in the live audience cheered.  This caused Matthews to exclaim, ""My God, is this 'Deliverance'?"".  I personally criticize Matthews for comparing people to inbred hillbilly homosexual rapists (and not giving them a chance to defend themselves).  Yet, I'm not putting my criticism on Matthew's page.  It's not significant enough to merit mention...just like nearly everything on Gibby's page.  Anyone disagree?"