Sharon Stone: The Chinese Earthquake “Bad Karma”?
A reporter took the opportunity to interview Sharon Stone about the earthquake in China…because she was on the red carpet at Cannes, and where else would you ask this sort of question?
…first, I’m not happy with the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else, and so I have been very, concerned, about how to think about what to do about that, because I don’t, like, that. And then I’ve been, just, concerned, oh, how should we deal with the Olympics, because they’re not being nice to the Dalai Lama, who’s a good friend of mine. And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, ‘Is that karma?’, when you’re not nice the bad things happen to you?
She goes on to mention that she received a letter from the Tibetan Foundation, saying that they are going to go help and they wanted her to do a little sort of writeup about that. This made her realize that sometimes you have to “put your head down” and help people who aren’t nice to you.
I’m sure the Chinese will take great comfort in the fact that Sharon Stone (who’s claim to fame involves lips of a different sort) believes that since she reached an epiphany, it’s now okay to go give aid and support to people who have suffered through a devastating earthquake and to assist their injured and help them bury their dead loved ones…because it’s nice to be nice. Glad that she’s achieved the level of understanding that comes when you realize innocent people are hurting and need help. Because, you know, it wouldn’t be okay to be unkind to the Chinese because they are unkind to others, right? After all, nobody should be unkind to anyone else. And Sharon certainly would never consider being unkind to people.
Wonder if she thinks the United States deserved 9/11 or if England deserved the 7/7 bombings as well?
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Comment by betty — May 27, 2008 @ 11:41 am
Amazing. She supposedly has an IQ of like 150-something you know. Simply amazing. *smashes head into wall*
Comment by Brooke — May 27, 2008 @ 11:47 am
LOL Betty and Brooke.
Yep, that’s karma alright, oppressing the Tibetans, and poisoning other countries’ children and pets with lead and melamine. What was the Olympic Committee thinking when they chose China? Well, it would be a shame to ruin the Olympiads’ lives by deleting their chances to compete this year, sometimes one chance is all they get. It’s a really tough call all the way around for that…but not for sending aid to the quake victims. Good thing that we have Sharon to bless us with her wisdom. :-B
Comment by Capcom — May 27, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
she tells the world she is an idiot.. She showed up absolutely ugly and pathetic old lady with no brain. Asshole..
Comment by david — May 27, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
Sharon Stone is unbelievably unkind and has no sympathy for the victims of a natural disaster. I don’t think she is worthy to be a representative for any products. I don’t think she should be hired to be an actor. She can only be a very bad politician with all of bial BS views. I would say she is an extremity that should not be counted as a human being with a good heart.
Comment by X — May 27, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
If you think disaster happens because of “karma”, then think about what has happened inside and outside of US in recent year
Comment by bill — May 27, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Agreed, she is a dumbass alright but how many people know that majority people in the earthquake area are Tibetan? How many people really know Tibetan reality and what Dalai Lama oranization is and was, the truth? Can you trust Main stream media?
Most people may have kind heart to wish for the best of others but many of them do not know that they might be hurting more people without the knowledge of facts. Sharon Stone is a good example.
Comment by J — May 27, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Maybe people with higher IQs know better about Karma. Maybe those 10,000 children who perished in the earthquake WERE not ‘being nice’. I am so impressed with Sharon Stone’s wisdom.
I read in the paper four teenagers died in a car crash inside a burning car in Chicago, USA. I will call Sharon now for an explanation.
Comment by David — May 27, 2008 @ 4:22 pm
Have the idiots expressing outrage over her comments seen the whole interview or read the entire quotes? She never said that the earthquake was karma, she was just asking it as a rhetorical question. And anyone with any knowledge of English (that excludes the majority of Chinese) knows that rhetorical questions have no genuine answers. She also goes on to state that she has learned to be of service to everyone, regardless of treatment received from them. Could the Chinese learn from her and start being nice to everyone who disagrees with them (tibetans, hmong, uyghur etc.) , instead of taking imaginary offence over a figure of speech? The Tibetans are already serving China instead of bashing it, maybe China could do the same. Sharon Stone is blameless in this.
Comment by Mark — May 27, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
The most ironic part is that 1/3 of the Chinese population killed in this earthquake were either Tibetans and Qiang , a Chinese minority with closest blood ties to Tibetans. So, who were being not nice here? who were being punished here?
If Stone wants to do some better research on Karma theory, she’d better learn some basic Chinese geography first.
Comment by jeremy — May 27, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
The most ironic part is that 1/3 of the Chinese population killed in this earthquake were either Tibetans or Qiang, a Chinese minority with closest blood ties to Tibetans. So, who were being not nice here? who were being punished here?
If Stone wants to do some better research on Karma theory, she should really learn some basic Chinese geography first.
Chinese government did a good job trying to rescue all the victims in this disaster. People were lucky that Chinese government didn’t have an IQ as high as Ms Stone’s. Otherwise, the government would think, “Oh, well, could this earthquake be a karma on the Tibetan people because Dalai Lama was doing all those anti-government activities? “
Comment by jeremy — May 27, 2008 @ 4:59 pm
“Hello, I’m a celebrity. Excuse me while I insert my foot into my mouth.”
Comment by Joanie — May 27, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Crack is wack, Ms. Stone.
Comment by Joe Miller — May 27, 2008 @ 6:12 pm
Wow I didn’t realized she’s so ignorance, foolish, and stupid. She’s a disgrace to Hollywood and the celebrities. As a human being she’s low intelligent, shallow, vindictive, and narrow minded. Her remarks here reveals that she also embodys evil spirit that even Dali Lama can’t help her - seeing natural disaster and death of 60,000 innocent people and massive destruction cities and villages as a form revenge for Dalia Lama and Tibet monks.
If Dalia Lama and his monks think the same way she does, then they deserve no country.
Comment by ricecake202 — May 27, 2008 @ 6:15 pm
Sharon is telling the inconvenient truth that mere mortals do not want to hear!!!
Comment by james leth — May 27, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
So the fate of New Orleans was the result of Karma? 9/11 was the result of karma?
Comment by devilish1321 — May 27, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
the facts :
Daila Lama don’t want to be independence from China .
> 60,000 death of that 1/3 of the Chinese population killed in this earthquake were either Tibetans and Qiang , a Chinese minority with closest blood ties to Tibetans.
Chinese government did a good job trying to rescue all the victims in this disaster . ( how is this compare to US government on Kirtina )
Yep, that’s karma alright, oppressing the Tibetans, and poisoning other countries’ children and pets with lead and melamine. US company are owner of the product who paid the chinese peanuts and get most of the profit from the sales without doing QA and US goverment allows that product to enter into US.
If U paid $1 for the chinese to manufacture a product &
pocketed $10.00 for profit arn’t U ashame that U don’t do QA for U’re own product which are consume by U’re own people . Karma should falls on all the CEOs of US companies who imports & manufacture from china without overseee the product, so don’t blame the chinese they don’t event have the money to paid for a toy they made like the American !
tony
Comment by tony — May 27, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
to mark ..
she was just asking it as a rhetorical question. And anyone with any knowledge of English (that excludes the majority of Chinese) knows that rhetorical questions have no genuine answers.
I’m a chinese & U think I don’t understand English ! at 150 IQ she should know people will quote out on context as all public speakers know ( that excludes U ! )
no genuine answers , means ok to quote she agrees ( freedom of choices ).
gg
Comment by gg — May 27, 2008 @ 8:54 pm
Poor quality construction, lack of building standards and big earthquake = disaster.
Could have been Mexico City or even Northern California. The answer in the design and engineering of buildings in earthquake prone areas - and even then, if a quake is strong enough, it will not matter how solid the construction. If Katrina taught us anything it was that we are all just a natural disaster away from living in third world conditions.
That said, the Chinese government is vile, oppressive and inflexible. It’s not karma that did it, it’s their lack of compassion for their own people.
Don’t get me started on the junta and Myanmar. F*ckers. Third world mentality/totalitarian govts. are the scourge of man.
Comment by d — May 27, 2008 @ 9:11 pm
Yes, I’ve seen the interview. In fact, I posted the interview, and I took my quote directly from the interview.
She asked herself a question. Not a rhetorical one, but a genuine one. And she decided that while she didn’t like the Chinese for actions against the Dalai Lama, and thought perhaps the earthquake was “bad karma” for what they have done, she would then decide to be nice to the Chinese people.
Completely contradicting her earlier statement about how she doesn’t think “anyone should be unkind to anyone else.” Unless it’s her, pre-epiphany. She wasn’t nice to them UNTIL she had this moment, and now she’s wanting to be nice. I’m sure the Chinese are grateful.
Comment by k — May 27, 2008 @ 9:20 pm
Maybe the fact that she hasn’t really acted in a substantial movie lately is an act of “bad karma”.
Comment by D-Bomb — May 27, 2008 @ 9:33 pm
While you assholes (read “Mark” and “Capcom”) debate about the meaning of karma and the dimwitted response of a completely irrelevant flea on the face o f humanity, 30,000 people remain missing, and the families of over 60,000 people are grieving for the loss of their loved ones, and countless others are desperately trying to recover physically, mentally and financially.
If you can’t see past whatever politics you’ve been spoon fed by the media about all this, then you don’t deserve to be called a human being.
Comment by Jerry — May 27, 2008 @ 9:41 pm
this is what U gether from this site :
“And anyone with any knowledge of English (that excludes the majority of Chinese)”
“..and poisoning other countries’ children and pets with lead and melamine.”
“Third world mentality/totalitarian govts. are the scourge of man.”
By this logic .. why is American & companies still import & manufacture from a 3rd world country & don’t do their own inspection ( most is the design faults from this 1st world country)
I think average American have the same IQ as Sharo 150 !! & believe in what’s from the surface even their leader @ WMD in Iqra & attack iqra.
Their economic is going down the drain with their subprime loan design by a bunch of high IQ people that cause karma to the whole world share market collaspe .
h
Comment by h — May 27, 2008 @ 10:05 pm
Well, I for one, make a point of NOT buying things imported from China, and are you denying third world mentality and totalitarian governments aren’t negative things?
Keep your anti-Iraq bs to yourself, I didn’t vote for Bush and no one even mentioned that mess in this post you anti-American asshole. I will tolerate all kinds of ridiculous nonsense in our comments, but this kind of crap (from a known Scilon IP) is something that will not be tolerated.
Shut your yap.
Comment by D — May 27, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
I though that’s what US is all @ freed of speech !
That what chiness think @ US
“Shut your yap.”
you anti-Chinese asshole.
D
Comment by h — May 27, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
This is to D
Well if not made in China, they will be made in the Philippines, or Mayliasia, or Bangladesh, or India, or Thailand, or Vietnam, or Malaysia, or indonesia, or Mexico, or Columbia and so on. The are all from the third world except Made in China is the best in quality and price so far. And China is the only one 3rd world country comes out relatively speaking, as the most peaceful, politically stabilized, treating it’s people a bit better than all the other picks here so far. Take your picks no one need to buy anything made in China. But marketing is marketing. The goods and their prices are the only things that a buyer will pay attentions.
If you buy all thing made in America by all mean as long as you can afford them.
Comment by 200 — May 27, 2008 @ 11:52 pm
I don’t have any issues in general with the other countries mentioned above, so I will buy from them.
I am all for an open market, but the US trade issues with China, and the crappy quality of Chinese products, not too mention their gross environmental abuses (and all countries are pretty guilty of that these days, but China is by far one of THE worst) make me not want to buy their poorly produced products (I won’t dwell on the lead issue as it will cause my head to explode).
I am VERY anti-Chinese government and anti-Chinese product. But I am NOT anti-Chinese people, I feel terrible for the victims of the earthquake disaster and the atrocities their government has exposed them too.
There’s a big difference between the people and the government, but clearly “h” above is incapable of distinguishing between the two points.
But if all indications are correct, you are just a brainwashed troll looking for a rise - so congrats.
Now go away. Because Glosslip isn’t the U.S. govt. and your free speech ends when you start lumping all citizens of the US in the same category as those who started a war in Iraq.
As soon as the Chinese can speak freely on my site, I will happily let them do so.
Comment by D — May 28, 2008 @ 12:34 am
Sharon Stone has now made China Earthquake being know to the world via a negative way due to her frame is this a good thing ????..
God bless China & the death of > 60,0000 lives which mostly are Children .
Without made in China , we , the US will be 3rd world.
All human being are the equal , they come from only one world .
jkg
Comment by jkg — May 28, 2008 @ 12:35 am
Oh, I didn’t realize that the rest of the world did not have access to newspapers, radio, television, or the internet, and had to rely on washed-up has-been cougars to spread the word about horrible disasters.
By the way, pick a name and stick with it.
Comment by k — May 28, 2008 @ 12:43 am
This is to D again,
I’m a brain washed troll? I live in both China and the U.S 50/50 of my time. Indeed I had been brainwashed by both medias and educated by both countries. However, you are also brainwashed but by one side of the sources. Howe many of those 3rd world countries you are (were) actually lived in or visited? But you are an extreme case of self-righteousness no. I pity you for you don’t know what you are talk about nor do you know who wrong you can be.
I’m away after this, gladly for I don’t want to wast my time on the hopeless case anymore.
Comment by 200 — May 28, 2008 @ 1:32 am
This was said with some aforethought, just not much of it.
America is looking to improve its image around the world, this is did not the kind of help it needs.
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/05/hollywood-polishing-americas-image.html
Comment by PacificGatePost — May 28, 2008 @ 2:07 am
Actually “karma” is something to all the living beings have to face, it is not a bad word. too many Chinese people don`t know what karma means, they are too much believe accidental phenomena or the cummunist. I also found the translater made wrong to use the word in Chinese “baoying”, it should be “ye”. Tibetans when they are under any suffering, they could say it is karma for advicing themself, so suffering is less than expected.
Comment by Lusan — May 28, 2008 @ 2:45 am
I for one, will NOT buy anything from China until the government deals with its human rights abuses, its obvious lack of sound building practices, and its SERIOUS animal welfare issues. I look carefully. If an item says made in China, I don’t buy it. I don’t care what it is or what it costs. China, stop selling dog and cat fur, and trying to pass it off as fake fur! It’s an abomination what that country does to those animals! And Americans, stop buying fur, period, and it will take a huge bite out of the Chinese fur trade! No human needs to wear the pelt of an animal for the sake of fashion. Not today, not ever. And as for the citizens of China, I feel deeply for all those who’ve lost their homes and loved ones in the earthquake. May they find the peace and comfort they need, as they try to recover from this terrible tragedy.
Comment by Anonymous — May 28, 2008 @ 2:47 am
Maybe Sharon also thinks that Katrina was visited on the US because of how they treated the Royal Hawaian Family 100 years ago. What a nut case.
The people of China are suffering greatle, if a 7.9 Quake hit Chicago or St. Louis Americans, I wonder if Americans would act the way the people of New Orleans reacted to Katrina, or the way the Chinese reacted to this tragedy.
You do not hear of looting or crime in China. You do not see people spewing hate and violence. You see a nation standing in morning for 3 minutes of total silence and contributing billions from their meger salaries and savings to help thier fellow contrymen.
You see their leaders fly out within hours to personnally lead the recovery efforts, not GWB like at all.
I love America and all she has stood for, but this tragedy in China has shown what is best about China. They deserve our support and prayers.
Comment by john — May 28, 2008 @ 3:19 am
to : Anonymous
“China, stop selling dog and cat fur, and trying to pass it off as fake fur! “It’s an abomination what that country does to those animals! And Americans, stop buying fur.”
some country do eat dogs as like American eat beef! Norway & Japanese eat whale.
Why do U have to force U opinion on other’s choices , that’s not democratic !
US gun law still allow people to shoot at the students randomly , that is ok ??? The US government is not protecting their own people’s safety & yet U complaint @ the chinese government deals with its human rights abuses. If U’re correct why are Majority of the chinese support the government.
Also pls check U’re underware is that said ‘Made in China’ ??
kk
Comment by kk — May 28, 2008 @ 4:01 am
to : Anonymous
“Also : I for one, will NOT buy anything from China until the government deals with its human rights abuses”
Pls check & open up U’re PC & make sure U removed any chips that says “made in China’ . Also U’re electrical appliances too. When U’re using U’re Cr card made sure the money u’ve put on the cr card & U’re mortages is not come from China .
The world is not black & white as U think !
kk
Comment by kk — May 28, 2008 @ 4:08 am
kk - I said nothing about the practice of eating dog. That is a cultural thing. People eat insects in some cultures, too. But, it IS about appropriate animal welfare. So, in your opinion, it’s okay to skin dogs alive just for their fur? Hang them by wire nooses until they are strangled to death? Draw and quarter them while they are still breathing? Bludgeon them to death? All for the use of their fur on clothing and trinkets? It’s disgusting, vile, and an absolute abomination. Approximatelhy HALF of the dog and cat fur from China is sold in the United States to places like Penneys and Burlington Coat Factory, and is often bought by unwitting customers who thought the fur was not real, because it was labeled as not real. If the consumers in the United States will take a stand and NOT buy anything that has any type of fur, whether it’s labeled as real or not, we can do a great service to the companion animals that are being slaughtered - in terrible ways - by the millions in China. And we CAN put a stop to the Chinese dog and cat fur trade.
Remember the words of Mahatma Ghandi - “One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.” The United States isn’t perfect in the area of proper animal welfare, but we are working on it. Putting away people like Michael Vick for what he did is a huge step forward, and sends a very clear message. But, China has a LONG way to go to even begin to measure up, in many, many areas where animal welfare and human rights are concerned.
Comment by Anonymous — May 28, 2008 @ 5:23 am
kk - And let me again be very clear. I buy NOTHING that has a made in China label. And you can be assured, my computer has been cleared of parts that are made in China. Further, Chinese citizens appear to support the government, because they would be silenced otherwise! Internet activities are regularly censored by the government, so how would anyone really know what the average Chinese citizen thinks.
Comment by Anonymous — May 28, 2008 @ 5:42 am
Tony, I just left my company in disgust after 32 years, because they “paid $1 for the chinese to manufacture a product & pocketed $10.00 for profit”. As I left, we were all training our cheaper, off-shore replacements, and pocketing none of that extra profit in our paychecks. And I agree H, it is totally pathetic that companies like the one I left, blindly trust the cheaper foreign version of their products that America used to make with quality and pride.
Don’t worry Jerry, I was just being snarkastic about her comment, not debating the definition.
I don’t want anyone to be hurt, and I support offering help to anyone who needs it in times of tragedy. But I question the Olypmic Committee’s judgement in choosing China for the games this year, in light of their human rights problems and the serious economic situations there. One can only hope that China’s politicians can learn something from these untoward events, about how we must all support each other on the planet.
Wow, you sure opened a sore spot with this post K!
Comment by Capcom — May 28, 2008 @ 1:08 pm
I agree Capcom…K, you did open a sore spot, but one that really needs to be discussed! Capcom, congratulations to you for taking a stand!
I believe that all Americans should ban “Made in China”, period. I was truly shocked when I found out the realities of the Chinese dog/cat fur trade. How those animals are treated during their lifetimes and killed is beyond comprehension. Did you know that German Shepherd dogs and short-haired cats are favored, because it’s easy to dye the fur and pass it off as faux? Shame on our own American government and lawmakers for not closing the loophole that allows fur-trimmed garments with a pricetag of less than $150 not to even require labeling! And did anyone know that the fur-trimmed cat toy they just bought at Petsmart or Petco, came from China, and is trimmed with the fur of another cat or dog that was killed to sell you a pet toy!
Loss of $$ is a big motivator. If consumers worldwide would ban “Made in China,” the loss of revenue would show the Chinese government that the world will no longer stand for their abuses towards humans and animals.
Comment by Anonymous — May 28, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
Excellent commentary and suggestions Anonymous and good luck Capcom, I hope you find a place where they appreciate your talents.
Comment by D — May 28, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
Thanks D and Anon, but I can’t take too much credit for taking a stand, it was more like, “You can’t fire me I quit”. All of us with 20+ years were marked for deletion, i.e., forced retirement. I merely shortened the pain and humiliation of the process for myself.
You know, I could not even find a pair of flip-flops that were not made in China this year. It’s very difficult to stick to American-made only, but the effort needs to be made where ever possible.
Keep up the good work here, it’s a catalyst for important conversation! Kudos.
Comment by Capcom — May 28, 2008 @ 4:53 pm
Your dumb shinning asses are as bright as you gloss bloody lips. Not buy or use anything Made In China? This video clip is made in China - from the Hong Kong TV New reporters. Hong Kong is part of China.
Karma is going make you guys eat your words with your dumb asses and your shits coming out from your mouths.
Comment by devil — May 28, 2008 @ 6:53 pm
Attention: The above comment is dedicated to Anonymous and D
Comment by devil — May 28, 2008 @ 6:54 pm
Capcom - You might just have a terrific idea for a new and very profitable business. Flip flops that are proudly made in America WITHOUT manufacturing them overseas. I would bet you’d sell them like hotcakes. There’s a whole lot of people like myself who refuse to purchase Chinese-made products.
Comment by Anonymous — May 28, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
MY friends ..
“Flip flops that are proudly made in America WITHOUT manufacturing them overseas.”
If U can find a bank to support U’re idea , pls let me know which Bank ??
or U’ve millions to waste ..
KK
Comment by kk — May 28, 2008 @ 8:29 pm
To Capcom ..
“Capcom, I hope you find a place where they appreciate your talents.”
Capcom I welcom U to China to work in the QA teams for all ‘Made in China’ goods export to USA.
Also, U can see 1st hand how the people ( all races ) of China being treated .. ( as what soem of U’re mates thinks )
But pls NO Flip flops businese ..
kk
kk
Comment by kk — May 28, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
I guess this lady is totally out of her freaking mind. If her formula is taken as true, then all the hurricanes and natural disasters in USA should also be attributed to Bush’s “bad karma” that he has adopted for Muslim world. Right?
Comment by Adnan — May 29, 2008 @ 12:23 am
I really admire people’s courage here claiming that they will not buy anything made in China. Regardless of any personal or political reason, it might only barely be possible for Amish these days. For one thing, do people know ALL computer motherboards are made in China? Therefore, as soon as you guys got on here, you are the “mole” …
Comment by J — June 3, 2008 @ 4:51 pm
This is to Mark. Please allow Ms Sharon helps you with this. She had a little note later explaining what was her understanding of “karma”: the “bad thing”. I believe most people in the world are not idiots …
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