Nothing I am about to write should be read as diminishing in any way my sympathy for Salman Rushdie, or my outrage at the appalling attack on him. Those who more than 30 years ago put a fatwa on his head after he wrote the novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made this assault possible. They deserve contempt. I wish him a speedy recovery. But my natural
Aquellos enojados por el apuñalamiento de Rushdie han estado desaparecidos en acción por una amenaza mucho mayor a nuestra libertad
El novelista es defendido por los liberales occidentales no porque articule con valentía verdades difíciles, sino por quiénes son sus enemigos.