But it was completely inadvertent, it appears. The committee was stunned when the usual death threats were issued by the usual mobs:
The committee that recommended Salman Rushdie for a knighthood did not discuss any possible political ramifications and never imagined that the award would provoke the furious response that it has done in parts of the Muslim world, the Guardian has learnt.
It also emerged yesterday that the writers' organisation that led the lobbying for the author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses to be knighted had originally hoped that the honour would lead to better relations between Britain and Asia.
This is just astounding. They thought this was a compliment! No wonder much of the world is troubled by our war on Islamo-fascism. They truly have no clue about what we are fighting. None at all.
In the age of instant news via the Internet, there is no excuse for not knowing. Do they not recall this little misunderstanding that got the Religion of the Easily Offended in a head-lopping frenzy?
Not wanting to know is another reason altogether that doesn't depend on whether you are getting your news from the web or the slow boat from China. And this is the real problem, of course. Despite ample evidence, there are plenty of people who are as deluded as this committee about the nature of the Islamo-fascists.
It is pretty funny, actually. In an effort to hand their sword to the enemy in surrender, the committee pretty much tripped and stabbed their jihadi friend. Of course you realize, that this means war!
That they tripped is no shock, naturally. I mean, depth perception suffers when your heads are so far up your collective--oh never mind.
