Nothing I am about to write should be read as diminishing in any way my sympathy for Salman Rushdie, or my outrage at the appalling attack on him. Those who more than 30 years ago put a fatwa on his head after he wrote the novel, “The Satanic Verses,” made this assault possible. They deserve contempt. I wish him a speedy recovery. But my natural
那些对拉什迪刺伤感到愤怒的人在行动中失踪了,因为我们的自由受到了更大的威胁
这位小说家受到西方自由主义者的拥护,不是因为他勇敢地阐述了艰难的事实,而是因为他的敌人是谁。