tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6353521736438210543..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Rushdie on moral couragePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-17787742239116595302013-04-30T07:24:12.991-04:002013-04-30T07:24:12.991-04:00The world has never been kind to whistle-blowers o...The world has never been kind to whistle-blowers or those who go against the grain. Messengers have always been killed. Nothing new there. Is the world more polarized and leaning towards conformity now? Perhaps...Marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719735197987181280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-49023847756176530382013-04-29T08:14:36.220-04:002013-04-29T08:14:36.220-04:00Moving commentary. Thank you. I stand up with you....Moving commentary. Thank you. I stand up with you.wrinkledmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13277962566188964360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-53890406311595560432013-04-29T07:18:48.768-04:002013-04-29T07:18:48.768-04:00Thanks for posting. Unfortunately, what he says is...Thanks for posting. Unfortunately, what he says is all too true.<br /><br />If you haven't read it, Josef Anton, while not as good as his best novels, is a wonderful if sometimes terrifying ride through his post-fatwa existence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-89781525332820500442013-04-29T06:34:37.872-04:002013-04-29T06:34:37.872-04:00I really don't see this as anything new at all...I really don't see this as anything new at all. Those who swim against the tide of conformity have always been maligned by many, particularly their own peer group; and often only elapsed time and history changes the view of them. I think his essay is more a comment on the rise of religious extremism than the lack of moral courage.<br /><br />nonlocalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com