China hits back at Salman Rushdie(called Chicom the biggest threat to free speech)

Telegraph ^ | 04/29/11 | Peter Foster

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China hits back at Salman Rushdie

China has hit back at the novelist Salman Rushdie after he argued that China had become "the world's biggest threat to freedom of speech" in an article published earlier this month in The Daily Telegraph.

By Peter Foster, Beijing9:00AM BST 29 Apr 2011

In an open letter titled "Human Rights lecture not needed", China's embassy in London attacked Mr Rushdie's call for the release of Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist behind the Tate Modern's Sunflower Seeds, who has been detained since April 3.

"This is a blatant interference in China's judicial independence and violates the country's judicial sovereignty. This cannot and should not be accepted by any sovereign country," said the letter published in China Daily, the Chinese government's English-language mouthpiece.

"China is a country under the rule of law. The basic rights and freedoms of Chinese citizens, including freedom of expression, are protected by the law.

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Khomeini once issued fatwa against Rushdie, sanctioning his killing. The guy had to be in hiding for some years.

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P!

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Over the last few months dozens of prominent members of China's liberal fringe, including lawyers, artists, bloggers, Christians and journalists have been detained, harassed in a clampdown that Human Rights observers say is the worst for 30 years.

We as free Americans need to purge this propaganda usage of political terms from discussions. THIS is why people believe LIBERAL means for freedom, and CONSERVATIVE means EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeevilllllllllllllll.

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Q) What’s 6’2”, blonde and lives in the south of France?
A) Salman Rusdie.

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So he tells it like it is again.

“Truth is always an absolute defense.”
-Clarence Darrow

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He’s telling the truth.