Dom Traynor
Tino Pai
Unfriend the anti semitic fuck.Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York
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littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Good piece in Unherd today giving a brief history of the equivocation about Rushdie from people who should have known better. Quotes a pertinent line from Rushdie himself:
How we gave up on Salman Rushdie
How we gave up on Salman Rushdie
frogwoman
No amount of cajolery...
How does that work? The Iranian government have been saying the attack is a good thing.Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Tebbit's a religious loon himself, probably wants his loathsome biblical interpretations to be as vociferously protected as the equally hardline muslimsNorman Tebbit called him a troublemaker
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Please (a FB contact of mine is probably saying right now) don't let this discredit Hezbollah or the Iranian regime.
FFS
Don’t let it discredit the Iranian regime???
Seriously?
I think its important to draw a massive distinction between "people whose religions you disagree with" and "people who call for/condone/excuse in any way murder as part of their beliefs".
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I agree with this, but it is also clear that the somewhat lukewarm support for Rushdie among various religious leaders came from a place in which those religious leaders were keen to promote/keep special protections wrt criticism. Robert Runcie's response to the 'Rushdie Affair' was to call for the UK's blasphemy law to be extended to cover Islam.
What a despicable response.
Karl Masks
Birds Angel Delight
Yes, that's why i used the term hardline
petee
no gods, no malarkey
8ball
#notallceos
Also, I think that picture there could serve as the final word on the thorny subject of black and white stripy tops.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i'd love it if that had extended that feeble protection to all minority religions, think wiccans and thelemites and satanists would have had great fun with it
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
In the US, he's probably looking for a deal. Prosecutors are generally happy to do that because it lowers costs and lessens their workload.
teqniq
DisMembered
Just read this:
newlinesmag.com
this paragraph is fairly key in explaining the regime leaders position imo:
Iran Fatwa: the Meaning of the Attack on Salman Rushdie
The Iranian regime’s continued incitement for killing him is integral to its identity
newlinesmag.com
this paragraph is fairly key in explaining the regime leaders position imo:
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Rather grimly I see Satanic Verses has now shot up the book charts
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Lots of new reservations in libraries today as well
8ball
#notallceos
Jussie Smollett is taking notes…
Raheem
Well-Known Member
I don't see what's grim about it. Good career move.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Getting near-murdered and likely losing sight in one eye, yeah awesome career move.
Raheem
Well-Known Member
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
8ball
#notallceos
Bit ablist.
TopCat
Putin fanboy
Do you want free speech to thrive? Then it has to be regulated, now more than ever | Simon Jenkins
The online safety bill in the UK is shaping up to be a censor’s nightmare, but we need to take this debate seriously, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
ouirdeaux
Caring, Understanding, Non-judgemental Type
When I first heard about the stabbing, my instinct was that the perpetrator was brought up in a not very religious household, and this seems to be the case. His parents were divorced, he went to visit his father in Lebanon at some point, a meeting that didn't go well. Afterwards, he took more interest in religion, and blamed his mother for depriving him of it.
It's the sort of thing that makes the religious fanatic / lone whackjob dichotomy a bit redundant, doesn't it? Pretty common for young people with various background problems and searching for The Purpose of Life to hit on a belief system that claims to have all the answers.
It's the sort of thing that makes the religious fanatic / lone whackjob dichotomy a bit redundant, doesn't it? Pretty common for young people with various background problems and searching for The Purpose of Life to hit on a belief system that claims to have all the answers.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it's disappointing how frequently they hit on something with all the wrong answers
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Yeah. Their wrong answers are heresy, though. Only my wrong answers are the true wrong answers.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
heresy always sounds really good until you look at it closely and nineteen times out of twenty it's just more bullshit
ouirdeaux
Caring, Understanding, Non-judgemental Type
It's pretty obvious that the answers are going to be wrong, because religions (and other belief systems) arrive at them before the questions have been asked. The chances of their being right under those circumstances are so minuscule as to be statistically impossible.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
well that's not exactly true. belief systems like anarchism or marxism are more likely to be correct because they encourage critical thinking, as opposed to most religions which don't
ouirdeaux
Caring, Understanding, Non-judgemental Type
I taught English at a university where Marxism was a compulsory subject. It did not encourage critical thinking. Indeed, it was quite a good example of a belief system where the answers had all been worked out beforehand, and everything else had to be adapted to fit them.
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