HK Sex Scandal
The latest stint of this ongoing scandal is that Edison Chen is leaving the entertainment industry. I found this one of the most ridiculous thing ever. Ok, I'm not exactly a fan of him though I did think he was hot. He is a mediocre actor and a mediocre rapper wannabe, so talent-wise, it's not exactly a loss. But for him to leave just like that is a bit unfair. I mean come on..Bill Clinton was getting it on with an intern in the white house, and yet he remained a president.
Ok, so I think that it's kind of creepy that someone would tape himself with many women and still keep all the pictures and videos long after the relationship is over. Call him a pervert or sex addict or whatever...but to say he is a criminal and he deserved all the public contempt is overboard. He is as much a victim as all those women involved because he too did not choose to have his naked ass spread all over the internet. As a woman, I'm sympathetic toward these women because it is a gross violation of their privacy. But as a woman also, I think that they should take the same responsibility as the man because they did consent to have their pictures taken. I don't have anything against them having wild sex life...it's perfectly natural and in fact, it's nice to know that they are human beings with desire too. Tapping themselves is also a personal choice but for them who live under public eyes, they should know better. Why are they complaining about lack of privacy when it is the public that gives them their source of living? If you don't want people to be following your every move, why enter the entertainment industry in the first place?
At the same time, I don't understand why people are so outraged by these entertainers having sex and tapping themselves. It's not like they purposely tape it to show the world. I guess a lot of ppl feel betrayed because these idols are the image that ppl look up to and thus when their mask is exposed, their fans can't accept it. Well, to me I never bought Gillian Chung or Twins' innocent image in the first place so I'm not too surprised when some thing like this happen. I'm not a hater because I would listen to some of their catchy songs or watch their movies, but I definitely won't call them singers or actors because to me they are merely entertainers. People who think that their public persona is who they really are must be really naive or simply blind. This is what's called MARKETING. I love to watch celebrities as much as the person next door, but never once I believe that you can tell someone's personality just by watching them performing in public.
I've also been reading about ppl complaining about Gillian's appearance in a TVB charity show.For God's sake! It's charity! Who cares what the performer is doing in her private life as long as she helps raise the money for who needs it. It would be different if she shows up in the church and tells people not to have sex. Now that is something to complain about.
Anyway, it's quite interesting how a celebrity sex scandal also turn into a discussion on free speech and the effectiveness of HK's justice system. I'm not an expert in HK politic and I'm not going to pretend that I am. All I can say is that if I were Edison, I probably would stop having sex for awhile. ><