By Courtney Hazlett, TODAYMadonna's "MDNA Tour" has been rife with controversy (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48188391/ns/world_news-europe/t/french-far-right-sue-madonna-over-swastika-images-paris-concert/#.UHg5JFF5F8E) as it's made various stops around the world, and Wednesday night's performance in Los Angeles was no exception. Things started earnestly enough when Madonna took a break from performing to tell the sold-out crowd of 18,000 it was time to "have our serious chat."(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121012-malala-madonna.photoblog600.jpg)Reuters, Getty ImagesMalala Yousafzai, left, in an undated photo, and Madonna in concert on Wednesday in L.A."This made me cry," Madonna said (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WD7jNMa7HY), "The 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot on a schoolbus for writing a blog about how important education was to her. The Taliban stopped her bus and shot her ... Do you understand the sickness and absurdity of this?
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What a shame! But why?