The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #102635   Message #2082712
Posted By: Steve Shaw
20-Jun-07 - 08:15 PM
Thread Name: Salman Rushdie - Outrage.
Subject: RE: Salman Rushdie - Outrage.
Well said, Carol. Irrational Islamophobia seems to be becoming the 21st century equivalent to "send 'em all back to where they came from - they've no right to come over 'ere taking all our jobs" of the 60s and 70s. It's an attitude the government is keen to engender. While we have an "enemy," no matter how distant and tenuous, what goes on at home will be far easier to get away with. Shades of 1984, eh? If it wasn't for Muslims we'd have to find someone else!