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Jackie Chan puts his foot in his mouth...

jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited April 2009 in A Moving Train
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap. ... context-ap


"I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not," Chan said Saturday, adding freedoms in his native Hong Kong and Taiwan made those societies "chaotic." Taiwan, which split from China in 1949, is democratic and Hong Kong , a separately ruled Chinese territory, enjoys some free elections.

"I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we want," he said.

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OMG can you imagine!!!!!! people doing what they want? thats CRAZY TALK!!! :roll:

in all seriousness, Chan deserves a chance to explain himself as some spokesman says it was taken out of context. we'll see.
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  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    as Chris Tucker puts it...

    "nobody can understand the words coming out of you mouth"
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not either. You can certainly have too much freedom, and I think that's what Jackie is getting at. He's reacting to the lack of order in his hometown, and that's a running theme in his movies.

    In America, we always talk about freedom, and rarely talk about justice, except in the law and order sense of justice. There should be a balance between freedom and justice, I think. We're more concerned about individual freedom than in doing what makes sense for a stable society.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Kenny O wrote:
    I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not either. You can certainly have too much freedom, and I think that's what Jackie is getting at. He's reacting to the lack of order in his hometown, and that's a running theme in his movies.

    In America, we always talk about freedom, and rarely talk about justice, except in the law and order sense of justice. There should be a balance between freedom and justice, I think. We're more concerned about individual freedom than in doing what makes sense for a stable society.

    I think I know what Jackie was getting at too. at least I hope. with freedom comes responsibility. and I would imagine there is a learning curve for people that are, all of a sudden, given 100% freedom. a sense of recklessness might initially occur. either way, however, freedom has to be the ultimate goal.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    jlew24asu wrote:
    Kenny O wrote:
    I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not either. You can certainly have too much freedom, and I think that's what Jackie is getting at. He's reacting to the lack of order in his hometown, and that's a running theme in his movies.

    In America, we always talk about freedom, and rarely talk about justice, except in the law and order sense of justice. There should be a balance between freedom and justice, I think. We're more concerned about individual freedom than in doing what makes sense for a stable society.

    I think I know what Jackie was getting at too. at least I hope. with freedom comes responsibility. and I would imagine there is a learning curve for people that are, all of a sudden, given 100% freedom. a sense of recklessness might initially occur. either way, however, freedom has to be the ultimate goal.

    Fair enough. I don't know if pure freedom can ever be achieved, though.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    Kenny O wrote:
    jlew24asu wrote:
    Kenny O wrote:
    I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not either. You can certainly have too much freedom, and I think that's what Jackie is getting at. He's reacting to the lack of order in his hometown, and that's a running theme in his movies.

    In America, we always talk about freedom, and rarely talk about justice, except in the law and order sense of justice. There should be a balance between freedom and justice, I think. We're more concerned about individual freedom than in doing what makes sense for a stable society.

    I think I know what Jackie was getting at too. at least I hope. with freedom comes responsibility. and I would imagine there is a learning curve for people that are, all of a sudden, given 100% freedom. a sense of recklessness might initially occur. either way, however, freedom has to be the ultimate goal.

    Fair enough. I don't know if pure freedom can ever be achieved, though.

    well pure freedom in the sense of how the "west" lives. freedom of speech, press, religion, markets, etc.
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