BEIJING, May 29 -- U.S. actress Sharon Stone has
sparked a storm of criticism and condemnation in China after suggesting the
devastating earthquake on May 12 that killed more than 68,000 was bad "karma"
because of China's Tibet policy.
Stone, 50, made the remarks at the Cannes Film
Festival last week, leading to pledges by many Chinese mainland and Hong Kong
cinemas not to show her films again, and reportedly motivating a cosmetics chain
to remove advertisements with her image.
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U.S. actress Sharon Stone in an undated
file photo. Stone has sparked a storm of criticism and condemnation in
China after suggesting the devastating earthquake on May 12 that killed
more than 68,000 was bad "karma" because of China's Tibet policy.(File
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Such disgusting remarks spark great rage among all
the Chinese people. Sam Teng, a netizen of CCTV.com from Malaysia, is also
shocked, and said Sharon Stone has a heart as cold as stone:
"I am utterly shocked and furious to hear the
disgusting remarks by Sharon Stone that the earthquake in Sichuan, China is a
"karma". At the time when millions of people are displaced, about 60,000 people
killed and about another 20,000 people missing due to the earthquake, the
Chinese people all over the world including many foreign sympathizers are
greatly saddened. The survivors are still struggling for a safer place to live
in view of the coming rain and risks of floods. As such, I find Sharon Stone's
remark insensitive and inhumane. Where is your sympathy?
Such remarks coming from a celebrity and famous
public figure like her cannot be justified for whatever reasons. Not many people
can live like Sharon Stone in first class facilities; but unfortunately her
remarks showed she has third class mentality. While many people near and far
have expressed great sympathy and condolences to the Chinese government and
people, here you, Sharon Stone conveniently remarked it as a "karma."
The Chinese government and people are again upset by
such irresponsible remarks. First by Jack Cafferty and now Sharon Stone. The
Chinese government and people must send a strong signal to these people that
Chinese people's feelings are not allowed for you to hurt.
The first by the Chinese government to stop screening
all Sharon Stone's movies is a step in the right direction. Considerations
should also be made to boycott all products linked to Sharon Stone. This is what
"karma" is about due to her own doing.
I think all the Chinese people must support the
government's effort to build a strong, stable and progressive country where all
its people can prosper and enjoy. Unity is strength and beware of outside forces
that are always trying to find excuses to sabotage China.
Finally for Sharon Stone, she does have a heart as
cold as stone. If she truly understands the teachings of Buddhism, such remarks
will never come out from her mouth. "
(All the content in this article is just personal
ideas held by its writer, and does not represent the ideas of CCTV.com.)
(Source: CCTV.com)
