Identity, differentiation and expression are important to me. I usually have loads of time for people who share those ideals, even if they have widely divergent views on a variety of other issues. The older I get, the more I write, the more I interact with people from all over the Net, the more I realize how interesting it is to communicate with people who are different from me.

The more differences I experience, the less interested I get in negativity.

So I think it's important to note that I'm not the Brad Gibson who has written for Apple Mac magazines and sites like macobserver.com. That Brad Gibson also has his own blog and occasionally he writes some things that bother me. That's okay, he's an American in England and I'm the Canadian. Trouble is, he seems to also be a podcaster too. Okay, I hope he's not quite as acerbic in his podcasts as he is in his blog... I don't know because I have never listened.

Recently, that other Brad Gibson wrote about Rosie O'Donell in a demeaning and abusive way. There was a time in my life when I was not a big fan of Rosie but her regular chairing of "Hot Topics" on The View this past season has been riveting, humourous, controverial and thought provoking. We record the show daily and spend 10-20 minutes most week nights digging into the topics. Rosie has had an incredible year on the show.

And if she had not had such a great year? Nobody -- rich, poor, famous, invisible, alive or dead -- nobody should be the target of the kind of vitriol launched by that guy named Brad. The same kind of stuff, no less, that got Don Imus fired. So as a Brad Gibson, out here in Calgary, let me say again, "That Brad Gibson is not me..."