Tact

Normally I don't have a problem with people speaking their minds about issues they're passionate about. But a day ago I read something in the Internet that bothered me, Sharon Stone callled what happened to China (earthquake and thousands of people dead) “karma”, presumably over China's dealing with Tibet.




For an international celebrity, it is common sense to think before you speak. What about the thousands of people who died from the catastrophe? The children who suffocated and died beneath the rubble and debris? Are they part of the “karma” too? Are the Chinese citizens deserving to be lumped together with the misguided policies to which their government espouses?

China is dealing with so much right now. With aftershocks threatening to create more havoc, and the race to evacuate more people living near dams and waterways.

It was tactless and hurtful thing to say. The Chinese people are grieving and the loss can't be repaired by a trip to Cannes and getting photographed disembarking from a yacht sans underwear.