Comments on: Despots to Dangerous Authors: Jail Is Mightier Than the Pen http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:47:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-698100 ted Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:09:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-698100 Yeah, poor Mrs Varela. Nothing like having to eat your own words. Yeah, poor Mrs Varela. Nothing like having to eat your own words.

]]> By: Carl http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-695817 Carl Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:19:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-695817 Jailed influential wonderful people? John the Baptist, much? Jailed influential wonderful people?

John the Baptist, much?

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-694231 bean Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:38:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-694231 Salman Rushdie is pretty famous for being kind of a dick. He used the hukm as a pity-card to get a long string of models and starlets to sleep with him. And Christophe, a hukm is a ruling on interpretation of Muslim law. A hukm is supposed to be more binding than a fatwa if issued by a proper authority, because a fatwa is just a scholar's opinion. I don't think the ayatollah in Iran is really recognized by the Muslim community at large as anything more than a loonie. (thank you wikipedia for that clarification of terms) Salman Rushdie is pretty famous for being kind of a dick. He used the hukm as a pity-card to get a long string of models and starlets to sleep with him.

And Christophe, a hukm is a ruling on interpretation of Muslim law. A hukm is supposed to be more binding than a fatwa if issued by a proper authority, because a fatwa is just a scholar's opinion. I don't think the ayatollah in Iran is really recognized by the Muslim community at large as anything more than a loonie.

(thank you wikipedia for that clarification of terms)

]]> By: Adam Stanhope http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-694228 Adam Stanhope Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:35:42 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-694228 They never got Rushdie, though - so in his case, the pen is mightier! When I was at Berkeley one of the bookstores on Telepgraph got pipe-bombed (Cody's? Corner of Haste and Telegraph...) ostensibly because of the Satanic Verses window display they had at the time. One bomb exploded on its own - the other had to be detonated in the store by the BPD Bomb Squad. I happened to be walking to school during the excitement and witnessed the bomb squad detonating the second bomb IN THE STORE! Messy. They never got Rushdie, though - so in his case, the pen is mightier!

When I was at Berkeley one of the bookstores on Telepgraph got pipe-bombed (Cody's? Corner of Haste and Telegraph...) ostensibly because of the Satanic Verses window display they had at the time. One bomb exploded on its own - the other had to be detonated in the store by the BPD Bomb Squad. I happened to be walking to school during the excitement and witnessed the bomb squad detonating the second bomb IN THE STORE! Messy.

]]> By: Alnitak http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-694215 Alnitak Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:27:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-694215 I'm deeply sad to read about Ma. Elena Cruz Varela. Such a sweet lady she seems to be. Those bastards. I'm deeply sad to read about Ma. Elena Cruz Varela. Such a sweet lady she seems to be. Those bastards.

]]> By: Winnie http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-694194 Winnie Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:12:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-694194 Salman Rushdie is kind of a jerk. My boyfriend and I met him once. Maybe he was super grumpy that day. Or maybe he was angry that he looks like Padma Lakshimi's grandfather and not her husband. Salman Rushdie is kind of a jerk. My boyfriend and I met him once. Maybe he was super grumpy that day. Or maybe he was angry that he looks like Padma Lakshimi's grandfather and not her husband.

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/comment-page-1/#comment-693897 Christophe Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:28:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/08/01/despots-to-dangerous-authors-jail-is-mightier-than-the-pen/#comment-693897 On Salman Rushdie : hukm or fatwa? On Salman Rushdie : hukm or fatwa?

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