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Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« on: August 12, 2022, 06:49:21 PM »
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2022, 09:48:24 AM »
Frightening madness
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2022, 12:24:30 PM »
It is very tragic indeed.  :o
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2022, 10:37:59 AM »
Good editorial in the Observer


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/14/the-observer-view-on-the-attack-on-salman-rushdie


Also rewatched this yesterday from Question Time wgen he was awarded a knighthood. Remember being hugely disappointed in Shirley Williams at the time. Warning: contains Boris Johnson being a prick.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVA4EAP_S0&feature=youtu.be




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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2022, 01:55:18 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 14, 2022, 10:37:59 AM

Also rewatched this yesterday from Question Time wgen he was awarded a knighthood. Remember being hugely disappointed in Shirley Williams at the time. Warning: contains Boris Johnson being a prick.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gEVA4EAP_S0&feature=youtu.be
One reasonable person (Williams), one person I've never heard of, and three utter twats (Johnson, Hitchens and Hitchens). Being deaf, I watched it with subtitles on. The questioner apparently referred to Rushdie's nightshirt!
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2022, 01:57:08 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on August 14, 2022, 01:55:18 PM
One reasonable person (Williams), one person I've never heard of, and three utter twats (Johnson, Hitchens and Hitchens).
And yet Hitchens C was right, and Williams sold Rushdie down the river here.
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2022, 02:02:25 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 14, 2022, 01:57:08 PM
And yet Hitchens C was right, and Williams sold Rushdie down the river here.
Even utter twats can be right occasionally, and even usually reasonable people can occasionally disappoint.
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2022, 02:06:33 PM »
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2022, 02:10:13 PM »
Quote from: Steve H on August 14, 2022, 02:02:25 PM
Even utter twats can be right occasionally, and even usually reasonable people can occasionally disappoint.
I think if you dislike someone, as you obviously do with Hitchens, it's no guarantee that they are wrong any more often than someone you like.
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2022, 02:27:10 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on August 14, 2022, 02:10:13 PM
I think if you dislike someone, as you obviously do with Hitchens, it's no guarantee that they are wrong any more often than someone you like.
The thing is, I more often than not agree with Hitchens C; I just can't stand his manner.
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #10 on: August 15, 2022, 06:25:04 PM »
Alex Massie on Sadowitz, Rushdie, and Rowling

https://archive.ph/CBT7C
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2023, 11:31:14 PM »
Congratulations Salman Rushdie, recipient of the Hay Festival 2023 Medal for Prose.
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Re: Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2023, 01:41:16 PM »
Fully deserved!
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