I love Cameron Diaz, who first caught my eye as a night-club dancer in The Mask. When I am emperor of the known universe I shall enlist her to serve as one of the more favoured of my concubines. Though she will be an ornament in my harem she will be absolutely forbidden to speak on politics. Here's why, in an excerpt from her appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show:
Ms. DIAZ: We have a voice now, and we're not using it, and women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. We could lo--if you think that rape should be legal, then don't vote. But if you think that you have a right to your body, and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote, and those are the...
Ms. WINFREY: It's your voice.
Ms. DIAZ: It's your voice. It's your voice, that's your right.
Posted by Dexter at September 30, 2004 01:45 PM