Salman Rushdie: Losing an eye upsets me every day

[Nearly Sane]

The ambivalence thar there has been to support Rushdie has always saddened me.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68739586

[Aruntraveller]

I saw the excerpt from the interview this morning and will watch the whole thing later.

Truly remarkable.

I agree he deserves better support than has been offered due to worries others have about offending some bizarre subset of a religion.

[Nearly Sane]

I saw the excerpt from the interview this morning and will watch the whole thing later.

Truly remarkable.

I agree he deserves better support than has been offered due to worries others have about offending some bizarre subset of a religion.

And not just that. There have been many who see the whole thing as just some 'luvvie' dealing into the realms of politics.

[Aruntraveller]

And not just that. There have been many who see the whole thing as just some 'luvvie' dealing into the realms of politics.

That is a fundamental lack of understanding of the role of authors in society.

[Nearly Sane]

That is a fundamental lack of understanding of the role of authors in society.

Both Shirley Williams, and Boris Johnson illustrating the problem on Question Time here.

https://youtu.be/gEVA4EAP_S0?si=TnLTjgoqablSzrCX