tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post3889454748980641624..comments2024-03-29T00:14:45.454-04:00Comments on Life's Funny Like That: Salman RushdieDebbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-1104951920126060762022-08-15T13:27:51.693-04:002022-08-15T13:27:51.693-04:00Yes. I read it. I could not understand the furor e...Yes. I read it. I could not understand the furor either. But to be fair, I don't understand the Christian outrage to books. My youngest daughter's Sunday school teacher told her than anyone who read Harry Potter was going to hell. I do not understand the outrage over ideas.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-4363851577036158142022-08-15T09:58:56.407-04:002022-08-15T09:58:56.407-04:00Have you ever read the Satanic Verses? I haven'...Have you ever read the Satanic Verses? I haven't and was surprised to hear how relatively benign the book sounded as someone described on NPR. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-65104130280326747462022-08-14T09:31:51.344-04:002022-08-14T09:31:51.344-04:00gz, I live in a country that touts its 'freedo...gz, I live in a country that touts its 'freedom of speech' as a constitutional right. But I can tell you that there are plenty of people who will defend their own right to speak and to be heard, while trying to squelch the voice of anyone else they disagree with. There is no debate. There is only right and wrong. Books are being banned in schools. Banned. I don't understand this. Parents should be reading books with their children and discussing anything they think needs discussed, but banning books? It is horrifying to me. From your lips to God's ear: Let it be a wake up call. <br /><br />But it won't be. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-79867907296084039652022-08-14T09:26:59.918-04:002022-08-14T09:26:59.918-04:00I can imagine that it was. That's pretty amazi...I can imagine that it was. That's pretty amazing that you saw him walking down the street. His face was so publicized, I wonder how long he could stay anywhere without someone realizing who he was. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-68423520911617389142022-08-14T04:37:12.701-04:002022-08-14T04:37:12.701-04:00It is a wake-up call to all of us.
Freedom of spee...It is a wake-up call to all of us.<br />Freedom of speech.gzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-44659656013984041292022-08-14T03:42:37.190-04:002022-08-14T03:42:37.190-04:00I remember seeing him walk down a Bath street when...I remember seeing him walk down a Bath street when he was incognito and thinking at the time that they had hidden him in Bath. I stopped and turned round and so did he. Must have been awful all these years checking on people.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-47374127286003151412022-08-13T21:26:56.710-04:002022-08-13T21:26:56.710-04:00Well, his life will be a daily subject again for q...Well, his life will be a daily subject again for quite some time. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-88507460499431128532022-08-13T21:14:36.358-04:002022-08-13T21:14:36.358-04:00I remember the eighties, when his life was a daily...I remember the eighties, when his life was a daily subject.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-31532683813635825032022-08-13T16:08:00.079-04:002022-08-13T16:08:00.079-04:00It is a death sentence.It is a death sentence.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-66641970406383077732022-08-13T15:59:40.752-04:002022-08-13T15:59:40.752-04:00A fatwa seems like the ultimate, listen to me! Yo...A fatwa seems like the ultimate, listen to me! You must not do this or I will kill you! I've had it with stupid, blind, ignorant people today.Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313413260127376288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-90044753648204110742022-08-13T14:45:08.101-04:002022-08-13T14:45:08.101-04:00He is an excellent writer, but he is, like many cr...He is an excellent writer, but he is, like many creative geniuses, a bit of a jerk on an interpersonal level.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-4001911782533034482022-08-13T13:42:10.094-04:002022-08-13T13:42:10.094-04:00Rushdie is a very interesting figure. I'm surp...Rushdie is a very interesting figure. I'm surprised that he lasted this long. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-9654247584738284512022-08-13T13:14:54.511-04:002022-08-13T13:14:54.511-04:00I know that it had no end...but like Kelly, I gues...I know that it had no end...but like Kelly, I guess that I expected that as the years rolled by, it would fade from people's minds and the furor would die down.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-49651439539246738402022-08-13T13:11:31.492-04:002022-08-13T13:11:31.492-04:00Yet he lived long enough to become so radicalized ...Yet he lived long enough to become so radicalized on the issue. It defies logic, really.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-13946828722010451772022-08-13T13:10:23.193-04:002022-08-13T13:10:23.193-04:00I cannot imagine it either. I cannot imagine it either. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-35797800803732025702022-08-13T12:32:54.905-04:002022-08-13T12:32:54.905-04:00The fatwa has/had no end... so Rushdie determined ...The fatwa has/had no end... so Rushdie determined to live his live as he wanted!! Gutsy man ...great writer!! Hope he recovers!Bettina Grohhttp://glassdragonbears.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-91371113323335913632022-08-13T12:16:29.817-04:002022-08-13T12:16:29.817-04:00Attacked by someone who wasn't even born when ...Attacked by someone who wasn't even born when the fatwa was issued. -KellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-59240612970879400542022-08-13T12:10:15.138-04:002022-08-13T12:10:15.138-04:00I was shocked when the news broke yesterday. They ...I was shocked when the news broke yesterday. They say he's on a ventilator, may lose an eye, and has damage to his liver and an arm from stab wounds. I can only imagine how horrific it would have been to be in the audience and witness such a scene.<br /><br />I've long been an admirer of some of his work. The Moor's Last Sigh is my favorite Rushdie book.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-90980003413372678282022-08-13T12:04:43.356-04:002022-08-13T12:04:43.356-04:00Yes. Yes. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-33155508957908976922022-08-13T12:04:27.211-04:002022-08-13T12:04:27.211-04:00It is. I cannot help but be shocked that this happ...It is. I cannot help but be shocked that this happened at a place known to me. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-17469360163400474592022-08-13T12:03:25.815-04:002022-08-13T12:03:25.815-04:00It really sounds as if he had begun to disregard i...It really sounds as if he had begun to disregard it altogether. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-7298622183435379872022-08-13T12:02:57.567-04:002022-08-13T12:02:57.567-04:00Yes. And the 'Christian Taliban' will run ...Yes. And the 'Christian Taliban' will run around decrying this as barbaric even as they try to enforce their own religion on everyone around them. The inability to see this is mind boggling to me. Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-30071337123603773972022-08-13T12:01:28.187-04:002022-08-13T12:01:28.187-04:00https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/salman-rushdie-liv...https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/salman-rushdie-lived-more-freely-in-recent-years-didnt-want-constant-security-3250707 Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-81173219724428039292022-08-13T11:25:50.823-04:002022-08-13T11:25:50.823-04:00That poor man. Living for such a long time with th...That poor man. Living for such a long time with the constant fear of an attack and then this happening.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721950935860033351.post-59670296129123205602022-08-13T10:57:53.748-04:002022-08-13T10:57:53.748-04:00Religion strikes again. Religion strikes again. Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.com