Sharon Stone blames the Chinese for causing their own earthquake suffering by being mean to "my good friend" the Dalai Lama. Yes, but what kind of karmic bitch-slap is it that we have to live with Sharon Stone?
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Thursday May 29, 2008
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" have found a number of more liberal Christian leaders who denounced the remarks, but I have not found any statements from the conservative evangelical leadership."
RJ, perhaps. But you've shifted your focus. Your original statement refered to "conservative circles" not "conservative evangelical leadership."
Many conservatives like me quit rolling our eyes at those whacked out statements years before 9-11 out of fatigue.
Not all conservatives are evangelicals (not all are even Christian). You do realize that don't you?
This kind of statement is not much different from the one made by Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell regarding the 9/11 tragedy, which didn't seem to register much open disagreement within conservative circles. I wonder if conservatives would have been more accepting of Ms. Stone's statement if she had said that God sent the earthquake as punishment for China's communist regime and their treatment of the Tibetan people? - RJohnson
But that is precisely what she did NOT say. Did you listen to/watch the whole video? I transcribed the relevant part in my earlier post, and she did NOT say that it was China's sins against Tibet or karma that brought the earthquakes. She said it brought the thought or question in her mind about the nature of karma or the effect of doing bad things to people.
By comparing her statement to Falwell, Robertson, etc., you, too, are misconstruing what Ms. Stone said and blaming her for something she didn't do. It's a shame that she was forced to apologize for something that needed no apology, and it's a bigger shame that people continue to twist her words against her into something she didn't say. But I guess that's what sells news or keeps people like Hannity and Colmes and sensationalistic journalists in business.
I never liked watching Sharon Stone. She has a certain fatuousness exceeded only by Laura Dern.
Still waiting for Sharon Stone to move to Taiwan if the ChiComs aren't nice to Tibet.
"because you originally supported the Iraq War, Rod"
Rod supported the 'war' - that is really strange!
Yes, but what kind of karmic bitch-slap is it that we have to live with Sharon Stone?
Amazing! You tell us, Rod, you've obviously the expert on bitch slapping.
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