[Cronos]

These people are absolute nuts -- in the S Verses, there's absolutely nothing to get so riled about. Andrew Lloyd Webbers JS Superstar is a lot more insulting than the S VErses. Oh, but wait, it's ok to insult Xtians, not Slammmmies.

[A Simple Soldier]

In all fairness, Rushdie is an arrogant ass who, prior to the publishing of the Satanic Verses, seldom had a kind word for the West. After the fatwa, he came running to the West for protection.

I saw him on local TV when he was here last week giving an interview with his eye-candy harlot of a girlfriend (who is old enough to be his younger daughter for God's sake). Basically blamed the disaster of a movie she was in this past summer, "Boom", on the director. It was actually a bit refreshing to see someone speak so boldly. But the look on her face said he was sleeping on the couch that night.

So, not only has he managed to infuriate Islam, but he is also likely to need police protection from the "bhai" who are on the payroll of various and assorted Bollywood producers.