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Breaking: Salman Rushdie attacked / stabbed on stage

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by larsv8, Aug 12, 2022.

  1. AroundTheWorld

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    dumbass post
     
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    One deserves another.
     
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    Let's just say at one point in my life, I worked there. I've stood right in front of the stage where he was stabbed.


    This may also become closer to home than that.
     
  4. AroundTheWorld

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    Yours was the only one.
     
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    Interesting. A friend of mine also mentioned that he used to visit that venue often as a kid when his family would vacation at that town years ago. He told me the same thing — he has a personal connection to what happened.
     
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    oh was it?
     
  7. AroundTheWorld

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    Yes.
     
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    Okay
     
  9. riko

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    Nope. The supreme dictator of Iran in 2019 renewed it
     
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    Actually he did the supreme leader of Iran in 2019 renewed it
     
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    I haven't denied anything.

    I just also recognize that Christians have burned plenty of people at the stake, stoned, or found other horrid ways to kill people for blasphemy.
     
  13. durvasa

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    I don’t think that’s a big issue in the year 2022, other than in Muslim countries.
     
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    @AroundTheWorld


    the dude definitely wasn’t Christian that stabbed Rushdie
    Or trying to impress Jodie Foster
     
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    How do we know this guy who stabbed him didn’t work for Sesame Street?
    @Jontro
     
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    It wasn't so long ago. At this moment in history, yeah, you see it happening in Muslim countries. But you also see people kill abortion doctors and gays - a lot of the rationale for these actions are rooted in religion. Christian fundamentalism is a thing.
     
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    It's literally in the middle of nowhere. It's essentially a gated community that half functions as a small town. I used to have to park a half mile outside the gates and walk through them to work.


    But it kind of makes sense as to why you would do this here as a foreign government. It's a bit shocking but it makes sense.

    Little to no security at this place. Extremely lax environment. You're at least 20-30 minutes from the nearest trauma center, by time the helicopter gets there and flies someone to the hospital.
     
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    sure. it's not something they do routinely in the 21st century, unlike some other religions one could name.
     
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    Probably one of the best things coal has done for society as a whole. Industrialization leads to materialistic desires which leads to people leaving their more fundamentalist deranged beliefs. All about dem hierarchy of needs.
     
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