Monday, April 20, 2009

Jackie Chan: Chinese People Need to be Controlled

Jackie Chan thinks too much freedom is not good. Of course, that must apply to others as the man has made a fortune enjoying freedoms his fellow countrymen do not.

Jackie Chan has triggered controversy by claiming Chinese people are so chaotic they need to be firmly controlled by the government.

The actor told a forum on the southern Chinese island of Hainan, whose attendees included Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, he was not sure "freedom" was necessary.

Chan, 55, whose latest movie, Shinjuku incident, was banned in China, was asked about censorship and restriction on the mainland. He expanded his comments to discuss Chinese society in general.

"I'm not sure if it is good to have freedom or not," he said. "I'm really confused now. If you are too free, you are like the way Hong Kong is now. It's very chaotic. Taiwan is also chaotic."

He added: "I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we are not being controlled, we'll just do what we want."

His comments were applauded by the Chinese audience, but triggered fury in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Chan is just saying out loud what his Hollywood elitist friends say behind closed doors.

This is a picture of Jackie Chan before his freedom allowed him change his hair and afford plastic surgery.

1 comments:

Spurwing Plover said...

Liberals want everybody controled ecept for themselves whom they think they have special privlages becuase they think were living in a monarcy and their the aristicrats