On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:56:21 +0100 Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk> wrote:How doAmericans feel about Bush's statement that anyone who isn't a Christiancan't consider themselves an American? What crap.Hmmm, for some reason, this hasn't been widely reported here. Got any sources for this?
That was 41 who said it: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_H._W._BushAlthough the way that W. acts, it sure seems like something he would believe.
As for Rushdie--I'm afraid I don't follow the line of reasoning that says because somebody is blowhard or publicity whore that they don't deserve much sympathy when a fundamentalist sect marks them for death. Talk about blaming the victim. Would it have been better if he had accidentally offended the crazies? Or, if his art was somehow pure from commercial aspiration?
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