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which is the society that submits again to law and order

Reader comment on item: Salman Rushdie Was Never Safe
in response to reader comment: Observation of Vulnerabilty in Elder Sector to Crimes of Passion Easily Made Here

Submitted by myth (Germany), Aug 23, 2022 at 18:28

M Tovey, which is "the society that submits again to law and order and the willingness to sacrifice"? It appears that the Islamic society is doing a much better job than ours as they hold Salman to account. Only they do not defend freedom. The West these days defends the new freedom to do absolutely nothing about anything that really matters.

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Right. [1 words]Jörg Hubertus Heinz Matthias HobnerSep 10, 2022 17:00286226
1mirror mirror on the wall [39 words]mythAug 23, 2022 18:33285548
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Retaliation Is Needed [29 words]
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David RyanAug 20, 2022 22:03285389
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2Violence with mass approval vs franchised violence [355 words]PrashantAug 22, 2022 13:57285389
2unprepared again [109 words]mythAug 23, 2022 18:10285389
5less safe with age [111 words]
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mythAug 20, 2022 07:08285346
3A 24 year old hitting a 75 year old is OK? [103 words]PrashantAug 21, 2022 10:46285346
1Observation of Vulnerabilty in Elder Sector to Crimes of Passion Easily Made Here [110 words]M ToveyAug 22, 2022 19:19285346
1which is the society that submits again to law and order [61 words]mythAug 23, 2022 18:28285346
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3and more to the point, [150 words]
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DavidAug 19, 2022 20:20285314
3the trap of over-abstractions [104 words]mythAug 20, 2022 20:02285314
1Vindication of Observing Vindictiveness of Religious Obsessions [208 words]M ToveyAug 19, 2022 13:14285288
4Nobody is safe from Muslim terror in western democracies [76 words]Alex BAug 19, 2022 22:59285288
1Recognizing Religious Realities Remain While a World Lost for the Want of Secularistic Values Cannot Achieve Peace [367 words]M ToveyAug 20, 2022 17:07285288
1"wishful thinking"--exactly [40 words]Timothy D HadleyAug 19, 2022 11:56285281
1Re. The article "Salman Rushdie was never safe" [211 words]Bryan TaplitsAug 19, 2022 11:38285280
Document references re Iranian and Russian extra-territorial repression [58 words]DaveAug 19, 2022 11:34285279

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