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[–]TimesThreeTheHighest 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Am I the only person who thought The Satanic Verses was kind of dumb? All the hoopla over that book and the death threats that followed, but it really wasn't all that memorable.

[–]MarxIsanidiot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The "Hoopla" was because of the fact that the Iranian government said that he needed to be killed because of the book, not because he was some great writer. Besides your expecting logic from a bunch of crazed Islamists?