28/05/2008 11:45:10

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SHARON STONE - SHARON STONE ATTACKED FOR KARMA COMMENTS

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Sharon Stone has been criticised in China after she suggested that the recent earthquake may have been caused by bad "karma".

The Basic Instinct actress had told reporters at the Cannes film festival that the disaster, which has claimed more than 67,000 lives, could have been a recrimination for China's human rights records in Tibet.

Her comments have been labelled "inappropriate" by filmmakers in the region, who have vowed to no longer screen her movies.

"I'm not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don't think anyone should be unkind to anyone else," he had told a Hong Kong film crew in an interview last week.

"And so, I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don't like... that.

"I've been concerned about how we should deal with the Olympics, because they're not being nice to the Dalai Lama who is a good friend of mine," she continued.

"And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma? When you're not nice that the bad things happen to you?"

Ng See-Yuen, chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers and the founder of the UME Cineplex chain, was quoted by the Hollywood Reporter as saying Stone's comments were "inappropriate".

He said actors should not bring their personal beliefs to commenting on a disaster that has killed thousands and left five million people homeless and vowed that UME cinemas, which have branches in the lucrative movie markets of Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, would no longer screen Stone's movies.

Cosmetic advertisements featuring the 50-year-old's image have been removed from Christian Dior boutiques in Beijing department stores, according to the Beijing Times newspaper and she has come in for significant criticism from Chinese websites.


28/05/2008 11:45:10


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Yoshinogawa Click for more info (1)

posted on 28/05/2008 14:20


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Karma is powerful concept as it is the law upheld by the power of Fate, a universal and impersonal cosmic force -- powerful, indeed. Immediately, Sharon Stone's comment got a reaction, much like the earthquake that might've been a response by Fate to the brutal policies Beijing applies to its perceived opponents, resisters, dissenters and so forth. Because Beijing has set up its citizenry through years of propaganda that China is a victim of transgressions from the West, its main people, the Han Chinese, are very sensitive to any slight. Their collective ego has a weak chin. And they are somewhat like the Japanese in that they are form oriented, as opposed to Americans and other Westerners who care more for content. Karma reveals truth, but I think truth, in the East, (for the most part) takes a second seat to form. However, in this case, when the Sichuan quake has left behind such an enormous burden of suffering by the people of the area, karmic truth will be doubly seen by the Chinese to have no relevance whatsoever. This is more than understandable. Yet, Karma is a force that for human beings is a power for good in that it helps them gain insight into their thoughts and actions and prompts them to try and not repeat mistakes. In a post on cbc.ca a few weeks back, I made reference to Hu Jintao and the bad Karma that he accrued with respect to his actions in Tibet prior to ascending to the presidency of the state, and that an astrologer acquaintance of mine had forecast some difficulties for him in the coming months. He didn't make any mention of eart hquakes, or other natural disasters. Just that the state could not continue to oppress people so long without consequence (consequence is a result, not vengeance, and all things in the Universe are interconnected through all thoughts, acts, results and th eir ramifications), and that for Hu Jintao, in the run up to the Olympics, the transiting planet Pluto (which in Western astrology is the significator for Fate) will be conjuncting his natal Sun, which happens to lie in the last degree of Sagittarius, that 29th degree being considered a 'Karmic' degree, or location in his horoscope. My own opinion is that if he made some sincere and positive changes for the Tibetans and other oppressed minority groups, I am sure he would ease his own internal burden, not to mention that being felt by his own people, whether consciously, or unconsciously. And I say this for the benefit of everyone concerned. God bless !!!




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posted on 29/05/2008 05:58


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At first, she was already unkind to say these words. Is this something interesting? That's so cruel to the people who died and suffered in the earthquake. As I said before, if you don't try to help them, it's OK. If you don't pray for them, it's fine, too. Then please keep your mouth shut. It's the basic respect to all of those innocent people. There are many kinds of natural disasters in the world, how you can say that it's the karma? And actually when all of us were busy to help Sichuan people, Dalai Lama visited UK at that time. I don't think it's the right time for him to have a speech during this period. He looks kind and his smile is charming, but please stop lying and do some practical thing for the peace and help the earthquake people. Chinese and Tibetans are a whole family. Sharon Stone, please understand that all lives are the same. This is the common sense. I would like to remind Dalai Lama and his followers: You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time.







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