He is a nasty man and has always been a nasty man.
He even looks like a pedophile or some other sort of dirty old man.
All the same.
The Satanic Verses, if published today, would not be defended by those who protested against Charlie Hebdo’s PEN award, says author
He's talking about fans of and writers for The Guardian.
Salman Rushdie: "Combattre l'extrémisme n'est pas combattre l'islam"
Although, why not, really, come to that?
This is a longish and really interesting interview in L'Express, covering a lot of ground, apparently conducted in New York or someplace else in the US.
Asked why so many in the Occident have gone wrong, he replied quite correctly thus.
On peut déplorer un retour du politiquement correct dans les milieux intellectuels.
Mais ce dont personne ne parle, c'est la peur.
Si on ne tuait pas des gens en ce moment, si les bombes et les kalachnikovs ne parlaient pas aujourd'hui, le débat serait bien différent.
La peur se déguise en respect.
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