Salman Rushdie's Defiance (with David Remnick)
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The Foundation of Liberal Democracy
I think this is one instance where Salman with respect was too hard, arguably, on some. He's pretty tough on one publisher because that publisher facing the possibility of having his staff harmed. And I think I say in the piece that he was hard on these publishers. And you think overly hard. So it is a real dilemma. If we bow to this kind of pressure and make the editor of your publishing house, the Ayatollah Khomeini or some other tyrant, then we are screwed. Freedom of expression and free speech have to be the foundation of liberal democracy. This is an incredibly precious thing. But if you start chipping away at that, that way, it can lie
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