Guest,Ibo---Perhaps you have not actually read the postings, or you're just trying to be cute. Some have not read Rushdie's work; some have read it and find merit to it; some have read it and, like you, didn't like it, or find it boring; some have read it and found it inflamatory towards Islam; someone has read it and thinks Rushdie should be killed so he doesn't have to write 'crap.' That last is, of course, the most enlightened position at Mudcat.