Actually, I guess "Sharon Stone Says Earthquake a Result of Bad Karma" is a more accurate headline, but it's not as catchy. Either way, kind of an insensitive thing to say. She's since issued an apology.
This seems to me to be another instance of someone being unable to separate the Chinese people from Chinese politics. Stone has no idea what the general Chinese person thinks about Tibet, but she's willing to put the bad karma on them. And if she's going to argue instead that the earthquake is bad stuff happening to China because of what its government has done, I'd counter that the earthquake isn't something that directly hurts those in power at all, assuming President Hu Jintao and his crew are as evil as Stone seems to think they are. What do they care about some lost lives? China's got a billion more where that came from. On the upside for the CCP, the earthquake's effectively put a stop to recent criticisms of China--and that's priceless given what the upcoming Olympics mean for this country.
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Dude, in Sharon's defense, I'm pretty sure those school kids who weren't even alive during the time were directly responsible for the slaughter of Tibetan monks. It's basic logic: if you believe in Karma, you probably also believe in reincarnation, thus all those school children are actually just reincarnated Chinese soldiers from the time of Tibet's annexation. It's simple physics, Geoff.
Let's also not forget that Sharon Stone is THE authority on all things karmic. How else can she explain her recent run of box office success? Oh wait... maybe she ate a puppy once.
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