Why did the salmon cross the road?
Still trying to think of a funny answer.
Maybe something involving Salman Rushdie?

The crucial difference is that the WBC doesn't issue death threats toward novelists/cartoonists, unless they've evolved their God Hates Fags campaign, that is.

Plus the international media is more than happy to paint the WBC with true colors: the same can't be said about the media's response to the muslim reaction toward Salmon Rushdie/Dutch Newspaper/Matt Stone/Trey Parker/et al.

But I take your point.

Rushdie actually called Stewart himself after the Cat Stevens thing and Stewart realized his mistake in inviting Yusuf Islam to the rally. Penn Jillette tells this story on one of his sunday school podcast episodes. Stewart first vigorously defended himself, then hung up, checked the facts and called Rushdie back with a full apology. Couldnt find that clip, but Rushdie mentions the incident here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThUgpNYr2Oo

Yup. He used to be awesome. How he's a net negative.>> ^PalmliX:

>> ^messenger:
Don't wear fear
Just kill the blasphemer
"He [Salman Rushdie] must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die."
Just can't stomach this guy anymore. Textbook example of what religion can do.

Amazing how someone who thinks people should be killed for their opinions won multiple peace awards. One wonders if he would condemn members of his own family to the same fate...

>> ^messenger:

Don't wear fear
Just kill the blasphemer
"He [Salman Rushdie] must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die."
Just can't stomach this guy anymore. Textbook example of what religion can do.


Amazing how someone who thinks people should be killed for their opinions won multiple peace awards. One wonders if he would condemn members of his own family to the same fate...

Don't wear fear
Just kill the blasphemer

"He [Salman Rushdie] must be killed. The Qur'an makes it clear - if someone defames the prophet, then he must die."

Just can't stomach this guy anymore. Textbook example of what religion can do.

Also, this just happened:

Iran has seized on widespread Muslim outrage over a film insulting the Prophet Mohammad to revive the death threat against Salman Rushdie, raising the reward for killing him by US$500,000 (£320,000).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/9546513/Iran-resurrects-Salman-Rushdie-threat.html

Best parts (imo):

13:22 Richard Dakwins

30:55 Salman Rushdie (36:45 when Rushdie and Dawkins discuss Hitchens' literary word games is hilarious)

*books and *comedy

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>> ^Gallowflak:

Oh. Ohhh. I read that as "koreans".


Same here! That would have just been weird.

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Salman Rushdie has beaten all the levels. So he told Craig Ferguson.

I'm sorry... how exactly does one apologize for being a supporter of atrocious medieval practices? And how exactly did he apologize?

He posted a completely idiotic rant on his page, not apologizing mind you, but excusing himself. Completely diferent.

Here's what he said:

I never called for the death of Salman Rushdie; nor backed the Fatwa issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini--and still don’t. The book itself destroyed the harmony between peoples and created an unnecessary international crisis.
When asked about my opinion regarding blasphemy, I could not tell a lie and confirmed that--like both the Torah and the Gospel--the Qur’an considers it, without repentance, as a capital offense. The Bible is full of similar harsh laws if you’re looking for them.[10] However, the application of such Biblical and Qur’anic injunctions is not to be outside of due process of law, in a place or land where such law is accepted and applied by the society as a whole... [11]

So basically he's saying: "hey, I didn't ask for his head. But if a court thinks his head should be cut off, then I'm ok with it". He's a fucking worthless piece of shit, who tries to cover his stance on this subject. Oh, and please notice the line about how the book destroyed the harmony between peoples and bla bla bla... OH... so it's the books' fault that people like you are idiots?? Oh.. what a wonderful apology.

>> ^cosmovitelli:

>> ^Smugglarn:
I guess Salman Rushdie wasn't invited. Tools


I was thinking that when it went out. Maybe everyone forgot? (Except Salman of course..)


Ysuf keeps lying that he didn't call for the execution of Rushdie. Not really the same as apologizing. Who looks past that in favour of some preschool hippie lyrics?