Gerbil-san was there, too!
Posted on 03/28/2005 8:04:57 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
TOKYO (Reuters) - Expecting no more than light chit-chat about ballroom dancing, reporters in Tokyo were startled when actor Richard Gere launched into a condemnation of Europe's plans to lift an arms embargo against China.
After promoting his new film "Shall We Dance?," in which he co-stars with Jennifer Lopez, Gere grabbed a microphone to denounce plans by the European Union to lift the embargo imposed after China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 1989.
"I so agree with your prime minister that the European Union should not remove the ban against selling arms to China," he said. "I agree with him totally."
Gere's comments Monday came a day after visiting French President Jacques Chirac tried to mollify Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi by saying that lifting the arms embargo would not result in an increase in weapons sales to China.
"They should not be rewarded for this anti-secession legislation that's in now," Gere said, referring to a new Chinese law that sanctions the use of force against Taiwan.
Gere, who starred in "Pretty Woman" and "An Officer and a Gentleman" is a high-profile Buddhist and supporter of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who has been persona non grata in China since 1959 when he fled to India after an abortive uprising against Chinese communist rule.
Even a blind hog will root out an acorn now and again.
Gerbil-san was there, too!
Damn, why can't actors just shut up re matters of foreign policy. They know less than you and me, even when they are occasionally right. Its unethical to use your celebrity status as a poltical soapbox - you're only admired because you can perfrom, nothing more.
Gerbil....
In the words of Robin Williams..."That just might fit!"
Somebody make a post when Gere grows a brain!
Heh, always wondered if Cindy Crawford was part of the er..uh..gerbil event.
Then again..maybe the next thing on is agenda will be "tribble-stuffing".
Why can't actors/actresses just STFU period. I enjoy watching movies but I absolutely hate it when certain "stars" start bloviating on policies and issues they know nothing about.
He had a Mayo moment....
"Heh, always wondered if Cindy Crawford was part of the er..uh..gerbil event."
That's Cindy (without her makeup) in the picture with the gerbil.
No, that's Hitlery when she was in college.
Actually didn`t he also once rip into Hitlery for Willy doing nothing about aids in front of a bunch of people? Well any Hollywood star that confronts a Clinton sociopath instead of kissing their hand as usual gets a thumbs up in my book.
Well, you know Gere speaks for the entire World... /sarcasm
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