Stone Moan

Comments cannot be considered "damaging" after the fact. Otherwise Blacks from New Orleans or Gays in the Anglican Church or for that matter all over the world, could say they were hurt by any number of comments made by Presidents, Popes, Clebrities and Religious nuts. A person has a right to have and express an opinion. If such an opinion is taken to heart by others, too bad. That is over-sensitivity on their part. And what if it could be proven that China as a nation had karma over the invasion and brutal relressionof Tibet? Would they then owe Sharon Stone a billion dollars? The Chinese victims of an earthquake have no legal leg to stand on. And no comment could possibly cause billions of dollars worth of damage to the psyches of those victims. This is what rampant, unthought out "Globalization" is doing to the world. Making people idiotically litigious(?) seeking money they do not deserve for reasons that are nonsense. Thanks tot he NeoCons in Washington, everyone wants to go to Disneyland on someone else's dime!

ummm who is sharon stone?

What legal principle do they intend to base their case on? I can't think of any that applies, which tells me that this lawsuit is a government-led plot to make China look sympathetic in the eyes of the world as the opening ceremonies of the Olympics the country should not have been allowed to host near. All we have heard about in the past month is Chinese governmental suppression of civil and human rights, such as jailing protestors and getting ready to pry into visitors' email. China could use being the victim right now. Handy to have a frivolous lawsuit, with plenty of film footage of angry, bereft, homeless peasants (focus on the kids!) to throw at the media. Don't believe that the timing is coincidental. It isn't.

So now foreigners can sue C-list celebrities for expressing an opinion? Only in America.

By the way,,,,,Gearge Clooney cant save Darfor, Sean Penn needs to concentrate on his next role "The return of Jeff Spicoli", and their collective spiritual leader Al Gore needs to a). check his facts on global warming before he accepts his next award, b) take Tipper out of the Ford Excursion, c) stop guzzling fuel in his oversized lake boat and d) read his next electric bill (he used 17 times the kilowatt hours in 2007 than did his average niehbor) before he sucks another one of you liberal brain dead into his fold. I am very liberal in many ways but I am ashamed at how un-American you all are. As for your comment on waht we do here in America, you are right, but the leftists in our country seem to be far too hypocritical and that will be our undoing. If your pomus a** Oboma takes the center stage God help us. That man how little experience and a huge ego,,,,,,,deadly combination.

Oh, No....katydid414, tell me your not one of those who feel these Hollywood celebs actually do have a greater voice then we lowley citizens do. I bet your one of those folks who cant wait until the annualy Academy Awards prty held by your best freind from yoga class and you arrive early to make sure you have a fromt row seat to see all the preety dresses walk down the red carpet. WAKE UP!!!!!

What a waste of time it is worrying about what some shallow Hollywood "actress" has to say. I would be more concerned about putting my life back together after such major devastation. Besides Sharon Stone can make whatever comments she wants to make, offensive or not, because she is an American that's what we do here in America. We honor our rights as free citizens to have differing opinions and speak freely, whether others agree or not. I don't suppose citizens in a communist country can relate to that.