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	<title>Comments on: Gibson Defends His Mockery Of Ledger&#8217;s Death: &#8216;No Point In Passing Up A Good Joke&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: aimeescott88</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/gibson-defends-brokeback/comment-page-5/#comment-4243848</link>
		<dc:creator>aimeescott88</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully everyone that has commented will read my comment as i was so disgusted i joined just so i could post JOHN GIBSONS EMAIL ADDRESS- 

john.gibson@foxnews.com

so we can all complain to him now. what a worthless piece of sh*t, it is absolutley none of his business and even if he was into drugs it doesn&#039;t mean his death should be mocked in the slightest. 
Many great musicians and actors have died as a result of drugs, purposely or not and no-one deserves to be treated that way. 

i wonder what people will say when you die john?

i have just got back from being in australia for 3 months as i have family there and the towns have such a close-knit community i&#039;m sure they are all missing Heath terribly. I have never met him but always admired his films and talent, he was very dignified not getting caught up in all the press by keeping his life private. Thats what his family should be able to mourn in private. i don&#039;t know why but i cry sometimes, people won&#039;t leave him be and his daughter probably doesn&#039;t understand yet. he will be missed and has millions of fans who support and love him.
i hope when you are laid to rest in Perth Heath, that it will be quiet and peaceful for you.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully everyone that has commented will read my comment as i was so disgusted i joined just so i could post JOHN GIBSONS EMAIL ADDRESS- </p>
<p><a href="mailto:john.gibson@foxnews.com">john.gibson@foxnews.com</a></p>
<p>so we can all complain to him now. what a worthless piece of sh*t, it is absolutley none of his business and even if he was into drugs it doesn&#8217;t mean his death should be mocked in the slightest.<br />
Many great musicians and actors have died as a result of drugs, purposely or not and no-one deserves to be treated that way. </p>
<p>i wonder what people will say when you die john?</p>
<p>i have just got back from being in australia for 3 months as i have family there and the towns have such a close-knit community i&#8217;m sure they are all missing Heath terribly. I have never met him but always admired his films and talent, he was very dignified not getting caught up in all the press by keeping his life private. Thats what his family should be able to mourn in private. i don&#8217;t know why but i cry sometimes, people won&#8217;t leave him be and his daughter probably doesn&#8217;t understand yet. he will be missed and has millions of fans who support and love him.<br />
i hope when you are laid to rest in Perth Heath, that it will be quiet and peaceful for you.</p>
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		<title>By: crazy_beautiful</title>
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		<dc:creator>crazy_beautiful</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You have no right to go and bad mouth Heath Ledger and his great talent as a star you could only wish you had 1% of that talent and heart that man had. And for one you didn&#039;t even know him as a person and for you to play those clips is something a middle schooler would do it just goes to show how low you have to go too make the world no you exist in the 1st place because I sure didn&#039;t know you tell now. And you and everyone else knows how they always make a Stars death out to be the cause of drugs.  So how about you wait for the real truth to be told and even if that&#039;s the reason then that&#039;s still none of your business their are some people in this world that have problems they do have a hard time dealing with and know one has the right to bad mouth or judge them for it. It just shows how ignorant and heartless you an the Fox network for standing behind you really are as people . So me and my whole family at this point will no longer watch the Fox network until they fire you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have no right to go and bad mouth Heath Ledger and his great talent as a star you could only wish you had 1% of that talent and heart that man had. And for one you didn&#8217;t even know him as a person and for you to play those clips is something a middle schooler would do it just goes to show how low you have to go too make the world no you exist in the 1st place because I sure didn&#8217;t know you tell now. And you and everyone else knows how they always make a Stars death out to be the cause of drugs.  So how about you wait for the real truth to be told and even if that&#8217;s the reason then that&#8217;s still none of your business their are some people in this world that have problems they do have a hard time dealing with and know one has the right to bad mouth or judge them for it. It just shows how ignorant and heartless you an the Fox network for standing behind you really are as people . So me and my whole family at this point will no longer watch the Fox network until they fire you.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4243690', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: oropesav</title>
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		<dc:creator>oropesav</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>RagingGurrl  said:

Think of all the jokes that will be told when John Gibson is dead.
What goes around comes around, John.

RaginGurrl, I think the punishment is better than you suggested. When John Gibson leaves this planet, you will be able to hear crickets like never before. The silence regarding him will be deafening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>RagingGurrl  said:</p>
<p>Think of all the jokes that will be told when John Gibson is dead.<br />
What goes around comes around, John.</p>
<p>RaginGurrl, I think the punishment is better than you suggested. When John Gibson leaves this planet, you will be able to hear crickets like never before. The silence regarding him will be deafening.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4243616', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Mycos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mycos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just a thought for anyone who has friends or relatives down in Australia. 

As distatseful as it is to repeat this worms idea of a joke, I encourage you to send word of his comments down there. The intent is to try and get the Aussies wound up at FOX as well. If it becomes a scandal down there, then there&#039;s a chance it could rise to the level of a diplomatic &quot;incident&quot;. 

You see, FOX doesn&#039;t give a sh*t about what progressive-minded Americans think about them. They long ago quit even pretending to be anything other than an unapologetic organ of the far-right misinformation, noise machine. Reporting consists of little more than WH talking points, with any real news subject to spin or reframing.  There&#039;s virtually nothing &lt;strong&gt;an American&lt;/strong&gt; can say or do that will move FOX from that position. 

But should the citizens of a country. one that also happens to be a strong supporter of Bush/Cheney and their &quot;War On Terror&quot;, begin to write letters to&lt;em&gt; their&lt;/em&gt; political leaders, it&#039;s entirely possible that Gibson wouldn&#039;t last another week.  

We&#039;ve already seen how ruthlessly they&#039;ll go after anyone who threatens or delays WH plans to build a FOB (Forward Operating Base)  by their outing of a CIA counter-terrorist officer, Valerie Plame. So to see one of the hundreds of &#039;useful idiots&#039; like Gibson fired if it will at all help to mend relations with another conservative ally in the WOT....that wouldn&#039;t give them even a moment&#039;s hesitation. 

I realize there&#039;s a long ways between sending emails and fomenting widespread outrage down there, but it&#039;s time progressives started using tactics other than merely pointing out how bizarre wingnuts actually are.  We&#039;re sitting back and assuming that any group as hopelessly insane as they are must also be a group that will self-destruct.  But say what you will about them, they are far better at organizing dirty tricks to manipulate the media. Time we started to fight fire with fire.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a thought for anyone who has friends or relatives down in Australia. </p>
<p>As distatseful as it is to repeat this worms idea of a joke, I encourage you to send word of his comments down there. The intent is to try and get the Aussies wound up at FOX as well. If it becomes a scandal down there, then there&#8217;s a chance it could rise to the level of a diplomatic &#8220;incident&#8221;. </p>
<p>You see, FOX doesn&#8217;t give a sh*t about what progressive-minded Americans think about them. They long ago quit even pretending to be anything other than an unapologetic organ of the far-right misinformation, noise machine. Reporting consists of little more than WH talking points, with any real news subject to spin or reframing.  There&#8217;s virtually nothing <strong>an American</strong> can say or do that will move FOX from that position. </p>
<p>But should the citizens of a country. one that also happens to be a strong supporter of Bush/Cheney and their &#8220;War On Terror&#8221;, begin to write letters to<em> their</em> political leaders, it&#8217;s entirely possible that Gibson wouldn&#8217;t last another week.  </p>
<p>We&#8217;ve already seen how ruthlessly they&#8217;ll go after anyone who threatens or delays WH plans to build a FOB (Forward Operating Base)  by their outing of a CIA counter-terrorist officer, Valerie Plame. So to see one of the hundreds of &#8216;useful idiots&#8217; like Gibson fired if it will at all help to mend relations with another conservative ally in the WOT&#8230;.that wouldn&#8217;t give them even a moment&#8217;s hesitation. </p>
<p>I realize there&#8217;s a long ways between sending emails and fomenting widespread outrage down there, but it&#8217;s time progressives started using tactics other than merely pointing out how bizarre wingnuts actually are.  We&#8217;re sitting back and assuming that any group as hopelessly insane as they are must also be a group that will self-destruct.  But say what you will about them, they are far better at organizing dirty tricks to manipulate the media. Time we started to fight fire with fire.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242987', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sabyen91</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sabyen91</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perez Hilton is finally doing something worthwhile.  He collected a list of Fox advertisers.  Check update two.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perez Hilton is finally doing something worthwhile.  He collected a list of Fox advertisers.  Check update two.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242485', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe cantwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe cantwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by Sabyen91 â€” January 24, 2008 @ 11:41 pm

that says it all.</description>
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<p>that says it all.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242448', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Sabyen91</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sabyen91</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Maybe I was wrong to say â€œhaving a lifeâ€ (implying yâ€™all didnâ€™t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, itâ€™s back to name calling. Iâ€™m done now-yâ€™all have a nice evening.

Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 9:06 pm&quot;

Sorry a-hole, you are defending a guy that is delighting in the death of another person.  Perhaps you should examine yourself on this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Maybe I was wrong to say â€œhaving a lifeâ€ (implying yâ€™all didnâ€™t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, itâ€™s back to name calling. Iâ€™m done now-yâ€™all have a nice evening.</p>
<p>Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 9:06 pm&#8221;</p>
<p>Sorry a-hole, you are defending a guy that is delighting in the death of another person.  Perhaps you should examine yourself on this.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242443', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: marlow</title>
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		<dc:creator>marlow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pretty much what you expect from these bastards... beat up on people who can&#039;t fight back. Brave when there&#039;s no risk, cowards otherwise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty much what you expect from these bastards&#8230; beat up on people who can&#8217;t fight back. Brave when there&#8217;s no risk, cowards otherwise.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242440', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jiujitsutony</title>
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		<dc:creator>jiujitsutony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Place: Film School Lecture Hall
Time: 50 Years from Today

Professor: Alright, continuing our discussion about great films from the first decade of this century, I&#039;d like to focus on Brokeback Mountain and especially on the performance of Heath Ledger, one of the great--yes?

Student: I heard that when Heath Ledger died, John Gibson made fun of him on the radio.

Professor: Who&#039;s John Gibson?

Student: He used to be on Fox News.

Professor: What news?

Student: Fox.

Professor: Never heard of it. What was his name? Gibson?

Student: Yeah, don&#039;t you know who he was? He was this crazy right wing nut and he took his laptop in to get it fixed once and they found all this gay porn on the hard drive and the media found out about it and Gibson said it was all planted there by President Obama and then he shot himself in the head on live TV? You don&#039;t remember that?

Professor: No, sorry. Anyway, let&#039;s get back to our topic...

&quot;If you can&#039;t fix it, you got to stand it&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Place: Film School Lecture Hall<br />
Time: 50 Years from Today</p>
<p>Professor: Alright, continuing our discussion about great films from the first decade of this century, I&#8217;d like to focus on Brokeback Mountain and especially on the performance of Heath Ledger, one of the great&#8211;yes?</p>
<p>Student: I heard that when Heath Ledger died, John Gibson made fun of him on the radio.</p>
<p>Professor: Who&#8217;s John Gibson?</p>
<p>Student: He used to be on Fox News.</p>
<p>Professor: What news?</p>
<p>Student: Fox.</p>
<p>Professor: Never heard of it. What was his name? Gibson?</p>
<p>Student: Yeah, don&#8217;t you know who he was? He was this crazy right wing nut and he took his laptop in to get it fixed once and they found all this gay porn on the hard drive and the media found out about it and Gibson said it was all planted there by President Obama and then he shot himself in the head on live TV? You don&#8217;t remember that?</p>
<p>Professor: No, sorry. Anyway, let&#8217;s get back to our topic&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you can&#8217;t fix it, you got to stand it&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242409', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe, hold down the fort for me. I&#039;m heading out.

Don&#039;t let the troll-bugs bite!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe, hold down the fort for me. I&#8217;m heading out.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t let the troll-bugs bite!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242387', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Aw, come on, joe; coco&#039;s apology was a lot better than Gibby&#039;s. After all, she took responsibility for her implication. I applaud her for it.

(clap clap clap)


...but I still don&#039;t know who she was responding to wth her charge of &quot;wrong use of (her) quotation marks&quot;. If it was me, I&#039;ll fix it:

&lt;em&gt;Oh, and thanks for at least acknowledging that what Gibson offered was not a full out &quot;apology&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.

Better?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aw, come on, joe; coco&#8217;s apology was a lot better than Gibby&#8217;s. After all, she took responsibility for her implication. I applaud her for it.</p>
<p>(clap clap clap)</p>
<p>&#8230;but I still don&#8217;t know who she was responding to wth her charge of &#8220;wrong use of (her) quotation marks&#8221;. If it was me, I&#8217;ll fix it:</p>
<p><em>Oh, and thanks for at least acknowledging that what Gibson offered was not a full out &#8220;apology&#8221;</em>.</p>
<p>Better?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242375', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe cantwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe cantwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>night coco. y&#039;all come back soon now, ya hear?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>night coco. y&#8217;all come back soon now, ya hear?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242372', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe cantwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe cantwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe I was wrong to say â€œhaving a lifeâ€ (implying yâ€™all didnâ€™t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, itâ€™s back to name calling. Iâ€™m done now-yâ€™all have a nice evening.

Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 9:06 pm

now that&#039;s what i call a &lt;em&gt;gibsonesque&lt;/em&gt; apology!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I was wrong to say â€œhaving a lifeâ€ (implying yâ€™all didnâ€™t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, itâ€™s back to name calling. Iâ€™m done now-yâ€™all have a nice evening.</p>
<p>Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 9:06 pm</p>
<p>now that&#8217;s what i call a <em>gibsonesque</em> apology!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242371', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: coco</title>
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		<dc:creator>coco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe I was wrong to say &quot;having a life&quot; (implying y&#039;all didn&#039;t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, it&#039;s back to name calling. I&#039;m done now-y&#039;all have a nice evening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I was wrong to say &#8220;having a life&#8221; (implying y&#8217;all didn&#8217;t). It is entertaining, this banter; unfortunately, it&#8217;s back to name calling. I&#8217;m done now-y&#8217;all have a nice evening.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Lefty Patriot</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/gibson-defends-brokeback/comment-page-5/#comment-4242366</link>
		<dc:creator>Lefty Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t understand why Kos would have had to pull his remarks, if he did. mercenaries understand fully the risks they take, and they got what they were looking for. Simple as that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t understand why Kos would have had to pull his remarks, if he did. mercenaries understand fully the risks they take, and they got what they were looking for. Simple as that.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242366', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: BrittanyAlexandra</title>
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		<dc:creator>BrittanyAlexandra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dearest John Gibson,
Who are you? What gives you the right to judge a person for thinking about death? As though that&#039;s a sin... 
If you were to tell anyone that you NEVER thought of death at the age 28, no one would believe you. Heath Ledger thought about it after a roll that Jack Nicholson warned him about, a roll that would easily inspire thoughts of death in anyone. But it wasn&#039;t as though he went out and chased it.
People get judged by their clothing, their hair, the way they act... but someone&#039;s state of mind is simply THEIRS. No wonder people are afraid to speak out; it&#039;s people like you who make others ashamed speaking their mind for fear of judgment. You remind me of being in high school. 
&quot;TMZ is right about everything&quot; ??? How daft. 
I&#039;m sure you&#039;ve inspired the thought of death in a lot of people now; likely, your death.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dearest John Gibson,<br />
Who are you? What gives you the right to judge a person for thinking about death? As though that&#8217;s a sin&#8230;<br />
If you were to tell anyone that you NEVER thought of death at the age 28, no one would believe you. Heath Ledger thought about it after a roll that Jack Nicholson warned him about, a roll that would easily inspire thoughts of death in anyone. But it wasn&#8217;t as though he went out and chased it.<br />
People get judged by their clothing, their hair, the way they act&#8230; but someone&#8217;s state of mind is simply THEIRS. No wonder people are afraid to speak out; it&#8217;s people like you who make others ashamed speaking their mind for fear of judgment. You remind me of being in high school.<br />
&#8220;TMZ is right about everything&#8221; ??? How daft.<br />
I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve inspired the thought of death in a lot of people now; likely, your death.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242364', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/gibson-defends-brokeback/comment-page-5/#comment-4242358</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Wrong use of my quotation marksâ€¦

Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:51 pm&lt;/em&gt;

As I suggested to Brian York, please note to whom you are responding when you post cryptic comments like this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Wrong use of my quotation marksâ€¦</p>
<p>Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:51 pm</em></p>
<p>As I suggested to Brian York, please note to whom you are responding when you post cryptic comments like this.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242358', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: joe cantwell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joe cantwell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Iâ€™m not trying to argue anymore; &lt;em&gt;it will be to no avail&lt;/em&gt;. Obviously, we donâ€™t stand on much common ground, and none of us are going to budge.

Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm

now that was pretty good coco. no, you&#039;re not peggy noonan but it was pretty good for a novice concern troll.

tip: change &quot;it will be to no avail&quot; to &quot;it &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; be to no avail.&quot;
or better still &quot;it would be futile.&quot;

good luck.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iâ€™m not trying to argue anymore; <em>it will be to no avail</em>. Obviously, we donâ€™t stand on much common ground, and none of us are going to budge.</p>
<p>Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm</p>
<p>now that was pretty good coco. no, you&#8217;re not peggy noonan but it was pretty good for a novice concern troll.</p>
<p>tip: change &#8220;it will be to no avail&#8221; to &#8220;it <em>would</em> be to no avail.&#8221;<br />
or better still &#8220;it would be futile.&#8221;</p>
<p>good luck.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242356', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: coco</title>
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		<dc:creator>coco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wrong use of my quotation marks...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wrong use of my quotation marks&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242354', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder llama</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/gibson-defends-brokeback/comment-page-5/#comment-4242351</link>
		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder llama</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Would it have appeased you anymore if he had full out â€œapologized?â€ Really?

Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm&lt;/em&gt;

Oh, and thanks for at least acknowledging that what Gibson offered was not a &quot;full out&quot; apology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Would it have appeased you anymore if he had full out â€œapologized?â€ Really?</p>
<p>Comment by coco â€” January 24, 2008 @ 8:43 pm</em></p>
<p>Oh, and thanks for at least acknowledging that what Gibson offered was not a &#8220;full out&#8221; apology.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4242351', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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