21 February 2008
Hollywood Elite Spielberg Gets Blasted Again
Posted by Debo Hobo under: Entertainment; Film .
In anticipation of Sunday’s 2008 Academy Awards Hollywood prepares the way for its acting elite Wednesday as the red carpet was rolled out. Although the recently settled writers strike is costing the city an estmated 2.5 Billions dollars the show must go on.
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Committee Artisitic Advisor steps down-Stephen Speilberg’s actions are being reported a childish by a Chinese state newspaper. However, Spielberg’s actions were prompted by the genocide taking place in Darfur and in protest over the Chinese goverment’s policy with regard to the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. He says: “I find that my conscience will not allow me to continue business as usual.”
It is refreshing when a celebrity uses their voice for something that matters.
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I feel Spielberg has the right to his own opinion. I find it hard from an animal welfare point of view purchasing goods from there due to their cruelty to cats, dogs, bears etc and for their having poisoned many of our pets and nearly poisoning our children with their dangerous exports.
Such irony.
The Chinese newspaper has balls of steel, knowing that the U.S. and other countries are taking a hard look at their government because of their refusal to take any position regarding the events in Darfur.
And to get ticked off at Steven Spielberg because he won’t sit on their olympics committee, talk about childish!
There is a conversation go ing on at Global Voices right now which I have posted several commets to funny it is written inanger by a Chines citizen and my last two comments have not made it past moderation.
I think they think we do not understand that we have some culpability
as a nation as we left the oil fields unrefined when we didn’t need them and stopped the roads we were building because we didn’t need them, yet - most people need to understand that Iraq interfered or we might be in the same place as China now, though that does not excuse the Chinese’s anger at Spielberg because what the Chinese do not understand is that we would be protesting whether it was their government or ours, something they do not have the right to do without being put in jail.
Ibeleive that Spielberg needed much encouragement from Mia Farrow to actually bow out, he did not do it on his own accord.
Nice move for Spielberg. He’s all over the news now.
Good for Spielberg! Many don’t know the big stumbling block in stopping the killing is China and Russia.
Bravo to Spielberg. The conditions in Darfur are horrendous.
Yes, I agree with all of you something needs to be done and more attetnion need to be given to the genocide taking place in Darfur. The media needs to have it plastered on every news broadcast etc.
Spielberg has brought the genocide taking place in Darfur into international focus with his actions…. good job mate!