tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post5622060518812253342..comments2024-03-14T04:35:06.209+13:00Comments on Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community: VS Naipaul pulls out of writers' event over Islam rowBeattie's Book Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01505389626725979100noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-21227893621972800182010-11-26T09:18:25.133+13:002010-11-26T09:18:25.133+13:00Unfortunate that the opponents of free speech appe...Unfortunate that the opponents of free speech appear to have carried the field with so little effort--an effective 'censorship by mob.'Helen Lowehttp://helenlowe.info/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-31589604961460128782010-11-26T08:31:10.395+13:002010-11-26T08:31:10.395+13:00... things like this make me mad.
I forgot to sa...... things like this make me mad. <br /><br />I forgot to say on my last post that Mr Naipauls contention that, quote; " Islam had both enslaved and attempted to wipe out other cultures" ... is apparently right on the mark in respect of this very conference.<br /><br />An own-goal for Islam.Mark Hubbardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36622997.post-34398893676085527942010-11-26T08:22:21.504+13:002010-11-26T08:22:21.504+13:00Compromise: what rot.
This is disgusting. If any ...Compromise: what rot.<br /><br />This is disgusting. If any group should be at the forefront of free speech that group should be writers. Apparently not.<br /><br />The European Writer's Parliament is a prime example of why Europe is not the free West anymore, it's becoming something much more lethal (all over again).Mark Hubbardnoreply@blogger.com