Salman Rushdie on freedom of ideas
‘We have to get thicker-skinned. If we end up going on being this thin-skinned, we’re going to kill each other. So we need to have the ability to hear unpalatable stuff. What would a “respectful” cartoon look like? The form itself requires disrespect — so you either have the form, or you don’t… I think we’re being extremely wimpish at the level of ideas. People must be protected from prejudice against their person. But people cannot be protected from prejudice against their ideas — because otherwise we’re all done.’ salman rushdie, the spectator
Written by jay on April 14th, 2008 with
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#1. April 14th, 2008, at 12:29 PM.
Racist! Islamaphobe! Hater!