Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:44:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: salon interview & rushdie


> why shouldnt rushdie use his visibility to protest
> abuses within the muslim community?  just because
> this community is an oppressed minority in some
> parts of the world (but is it, in the netherlands?)
> doesnt mean that abuses in it arent quite real.  and
> should be addressed, discussed, no?  how does that
> amount to rushdie being a sellout?

i agree with you. i think the issue is that rushdie
has continually badmouthed islam and this is just one
more instance of it and it's annoying because he's
becoming a media whore. i saw this starting around
sept 11th when he jumped on the american patriotism
bandwagon.

but that doesn't mean he doesn't have the right to
criticize the criminals.

gr3g

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