| Salman Rushdie attacked 16:26 - Aug 12 with 1330 views | GlasgowBlue |
This doesn't sound good at all.
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:34 - Aug 12 with 1255 views | solemio |
Truly truly appalling. |  | | |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:39 - Aug 12 with 1234 views | mylittletown |
The world really has gone to sh*t over the last 30 or 40 years.
Tolerance doesn't seem to exist any more, nor does subtlety or nuance. |  | | |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:41 - Aug 12 with 1231 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:39 - Aug 12 by mylittletown |
The world really has gone to sh*t over the last 30 or 40 years.
Tolerance doesn't seem to exist any more, nor does subtlety or nuance. |
The worry is, especially in the USA, you have seen politics almost normalise aggression as a form of protest |  | | |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:44 - Aug 12 with 1184 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:39 - Aug 12 by mylittletown |
The world really has gone to sh*t over the last 30 or 40 years.
Tolerance doesn't seem to exist any more, nor does subtlety or nuance. |
Indeed. He's had death threats hanging over him since 1988. | |
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:45 - Aug 12 with 1183 views | mylittletown |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:41 - Aug 12 by ElderGrizzly |
The worry is, especially in the USA, you have seen politics almost normalise aggression as a form of protest |
And it doesn't matter what someone says, just what their allegiance appears to be. Anything a Democrat says is rubbish if you are a Republican etc.
However the verbal aggression is happening here, too, and I fear that violence may not be far behind | | | |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 17:44 - Aug 12 with 1029 views | Whos_blue |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 16:45 - Aug 12 by mylittletown |
And it doesn't matter what someone says, just what their allegiance appears to be. Anything a Democrat says is rubbish if you are a Republican etc.
However the verbal aggression is happening here, too, and I fear that violence may not be far behind |
Really mixed messages coming out at the mo.
Some saying he was stabbed in the neck several times.
Others saying he was helped to his feet and walked off the stage.
I hope the latter is more correct. |  |
| Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness. |
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:07 - Aug 12 with 962 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 17:44 - Aug 12 by Whos_blue |
Really mixed messages coming out at the mo.
Some saying he was stabbed in the neck several times.
Others saying he was helped to his feet and walked off the stage.
I hope the latter is more correct. |
Being reported he has been stabbed and helicoptered out
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:30 - Aug 12 with 898 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:07 - Aug 12 by ElderGrizzly |
Being reported he has been stabbed and helicoptered out
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BBC reporting stabbed in the neck.
Dreadful. |  |
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:30 - Aug 12 with 895 views | ronnyd |
Was the Iranian fatwa ever lifted? The world is not a safe place if you upset anyone now. | | | |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:31 - Aug 12 with 891 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:30 - Aug 12 by Nthsuffolkblue |
BBC reporting stabbed in the neck.
Dreadful. |
Terrible. Hope he pulls through. | |
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| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:32 - Aug 12 with 873 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Salman Rushdie attacked on 18:30 - Aug 12 by ronnyd |
Was the Iranian fatwa ever lifted? The world is not a safe place if you upset anyone now. |
Takes a brave person to stand up against Islamic fundamentalists for sure. | |
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