John Malkovich, my hero:

BBC News | SCOTLAND | MP stunned at actor's outburst

The actor [Malkovich] was addressing students at the Cambridge union debating society when he was asked who he would most like to "fight to the death".

Malkovich, star of movies including Dangerous Liaisons and the Killing Fields, replied: "I'd rather just shoot them."

He named Mr Galloway [Scottish Labour MP] and The Independent newspaper's Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk.

Mr. Galloway is particularly miffed, threatening legal action, whining that "[i]n the current climate of terrorism and violence and so on, if it was a joke it is not very funny and if it wasn't a joke, he will be hearing from my lawyers."

It seems to have been missed that Malkovich was answering an obvious tongue-in-cheek question. How else would you interpret a question about a "fight to the death"?