Salman Rushdie attacked onstage at New York event
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Salman Rushdie attacked onstage at New York event
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#3It's terrible, but it was one of those things that was going to attract some nut eventually.
If what you write annoys people enough that they want you dead, at least you know there was some fundamental truth in your writing, as and it rubbed some major league a-holes the wrong way.
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#4It's terrible, but it was one of those things that was going to attract some nut eventually. If what you write annoys people enough that they want you dead, at least you know there was some fundamental truth in your writing, as and it rubbed some major league a-holes the wrong way.
That's stupidly wrong. I am not saying that this is the case here, but when Hitler wrote about the Jews, if people were annoyed (to the point of attempted murder) about it, it does not mean he had "some fundamental truth" in it.
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#6While sentiment against Rushdie had probably cooled off in the years since The Satanic Verses, you only have to be caught off-guard once. And after the decades, I'm more surprised Rushdie hasn't been attacked sooner. The combination of caution and just plain luck required to avoid any major incident for 34 years is impressive.
Hope it's not too serious.
Edit: I just saw that he was stabbed in the neck and he was airlifted to a hospital.
Also, I can no longer do date math apparently
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#7It's terrible, but it was one of those things that was going to attract some nut eventually. If what you write annoys people enough that they want you dead, at least you know there was some fundamental truth in your writing, as and it rubbed some major league a-holes the wrong way.
That's stupidly wrong. I am not saying that this is the case here, but when Hitler wrote about the Jews, if people were annoyed (to the point of attempted murder) about it, it does not mean he had "some fundamental truth" in it.
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#8Duplicate
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32439956
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's stupidly wrong. I am not saying that this is the case here, but when Hitler wrote about the Jews, if people were annoyed (to the point of attempted murder) about it, it does not mean he had "some fundamental truth" in it.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's stupidly wrong. I am not saying that this is the case here, but when Hitler wrote about the Jews, if people were annoyed (to the point of attempted murder) about it, it does not mean he had "some fundamental truth" in it.
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In the most general form, ideologies which include an orthodoxy-heresy dichotomy in assemblage out-compete those which don't. The development of orthodoxy itself was a quantum leap in the progression of human thought, and it contributed to both the spread of early Christianity as well as the hatred toward it in (late)-antiquity as its adherents were perceived to be annoyingly self-righteous.
Orthodoxy-containing ideologies characteristically participate in a hegemonic form reality building. But, basing ethical judgements about a particular ideology singularly on whether or not it contains an orthodoxy-heresy component is a poor measure. There are better arguments than, "I'm against the orthodoxy" or "this person is a heretic."
Instead, I maintain that ethical judgements of ideologies should be based on their material outcomes, though this often overlaps with judgements involving the grounding of what makes someone an adherent or heretic, the material benefits granted to adherents of the orthodoxy, and punishments to which heretics are subjected.