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The Fatwa Lives - Rushdie stabbed on stage.

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  • Catseye3C Offline
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    Catseye3
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    #13

    From the New York Post:

    “The news is not good,” the 75-year-old writer’s agent, Andrew Wylie, told The New York Times.

    “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” said Wylie.

    Rushdie, who is still unable to speak, was attacked by a lone man while speaking at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, NY, about 75 miles south of Buffalo.

    He was scheduled to speak about the United States as a place for exiled authors “as a home for freedom of expression,” according to the institute. After the stabbing, he was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania."

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • MikM Offline
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      #14

      He’s on a vent.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        jon-nyc
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        #15

        Let’s nuke Mecca

        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
        -Cormac McCarthy

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        • JollyJ Offline
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          Jolly
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          #16

          Livers can be tough. ICU, on the vent. Doesn't look good.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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          • JollyJ Offline
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            Jolly
            wrote on last edited by
            #17

            As I said earlier, they are effective. The fatwa goes out and they kill you, sooner or later.

            Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              As I said earlier, they are effective. The fatwa goes out and they kill you, sooner or later.

              Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

              Catseye3C Offline
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              Catseye3
              wrote on last edited by
              #18

              @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

              Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

              I don't know. Ask a mafioso.

              Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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              • Catseye3C Catseye3

                @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

                I don't know. Ask a mafioso.

                JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
                wrote on last edited by
                #19

                @Catseye3 said in The Fatwa Lives:

                @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

                I don't know. Ask a mafioso.

                That's a bit different. Those guys tend to kill for business, not for religion.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @Catseye3 said in The Fatwa Lives:

                  @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                  Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

                  I don't know. Ask a mafioso.

                  That's a bit different. Those guys tend to kill for business, not for religion.

                  Catseye3C Offline
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                  Catseye3
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #20

                  @Jolly

                  Their religion doesn't stop them from killing, though.

                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    George K
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                    #21

                    I wouldn’t make too much of him being on a ventilator..yet.

                    Long surgery with trauma to head and neck, perhaps airway injury. This could all be on the side of caution. I’ve put countless patients on a ventilator after a long procedure out of caution. Remember, he is older and we don’t know what comorbidities he might have.

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • Catseye3C Catseye3

                      @Jolly

                      Their religion doesn't stop them from killing, though.

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                      George K
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                      #22

                      @Catseye3 said in The Fatwa Lives:

                      @Jolly

                      Their religion doesn't stop them from killing, though.

                      Mafiosi kill in spite of, not because of.

                      There’s a difference, you know.

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • George KG George K

                        I wouldn’t make too much of him being on a ventilator..yet.

                        Long surgery with trauma to head and neck, perhaps airway injury. This could all be on the side of caution. I’ve put countless patients on a ventilator after a long procedure out of caution. Remember, he is older and we don’t know what comorbidities he might have.

                        jon-nycJ Offline
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                        jon-nyc
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                        #23

                        @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                        Remember, he is older and we don’t know what comorbidities he might have.

                        I hope the Jihadi doves don’t start making ‘die-of-the-fatwa’ vs ‘die-with-the-fatwa’ distinctions now.

                        "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                        -Cormac McCarthy

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                          Remember, he is older and we don’t know what comorbidities he might have.

                          I hope the Jihadi doves don’t start making ‘die-of-the-fatwa’ vs ‘die-with-the-fatwa’ distinctions now.

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                          George K
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                          #24

                          @jon-nyc said in The Fatwa Lives:

                          @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                          Remember, he is older and we don’t know what comorbidities he might have.

                          I hope the Jihadi doves don’t start making ‘die-of-the-fatwa’ vs ‘die-with-the-fatwa’ distinctions now.

                          LOL

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            As I said earlier, they are effective. The fatwa goes out and they kill you, sooner or later.

                            Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

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                            Doctor Phibes
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                            #25

                            @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                            Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

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                            I was only joking

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              George K
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                              #26

                              "Ayatollah Khomeini's offer of paradise to Rushdie's assassin has caused writers and public officials in Western nations to become almost exclusively preoccupied with the author's rights.

                              While Rushdie's First Amendment freedoms are important, we have tended to promote him and his book with little acknowledgment that it is a direct insult to those millions of Moslems whose sacred beliefs have been violated and are suffering in restrained silence the added embarrassment of the Ayatollah's irresponsibility.

                              This is the kind of intercultural wound that is difficult to heal. Western leaders should make it clear that in protecting Rushdie's life and civil rights, there is no endorsement of an insult to the sacred beliefs of our Moslem friends."

                              Jimmy Carter

                              I guess that "restrained silence" got loud yesterday.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • George KG George K

                                We may never know the motive...

                                As of about 30 minutes ago, he's STILL in surgery. That's not a good thing.

                                Not at all.

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                                George K
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                                #27

                                @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                We may never know the motive...

                                Screen Shot 2022-08-13 at 7.54.10 AM copy.jpg

                                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                • JollyJ Offline
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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #28

                                  The paper of record.

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • George KG George K

                                    @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                    We may never know the motive...

                                    Screen Shot 2022-08-13 at 7.54.10 AM copy.jpg

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                                    Horace
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #29

                                    @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                    @George-K said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                    We may never know the motive...

                                    Screen Shot 2022-08-13 at 7.54.10 AM copy.jpg

                                    Like me, they are waiting for more information before rushing to judgment.

                                    Education is extremely important.

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                                      Jolly
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                                      #30

                                      Thank God that wasn't Fox News or (dare I say it out loud?) Breitbart.

                                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        Jolly
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                                        #31

                                        Perp's name is Hadi Matar.

                                        I have my doubts about his being of Irish ancestry.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                                          @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                          Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

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                                          CopperC Offline
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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #32

                                          @Doctor-Phibes said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                          @Jolly said in The Fatwa Lives:

                                          Just as a thought exercise, what if Christians acted this way?

                                          67817601-7ead-43a1-a30d-824c15496728-image.png

                                          These guys don't set the agenda for the Christian church.

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