tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post7526520994863638707..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: Buy this book and support the freedom to offendMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-18643800144317585262009-06-13T18:31:14.349+01:002009-06-13T18:31:14.349+01:00It's all faintly comical in a way, and more th...It's all faintly comical in a way, and more than faintly sinister in another. (Not least because it just adds to the existing view of 'the Muslim community' as easily offended, and in this case that's most unfair, since 'the Muslim community' hadn't uttered a peep on the subject!)<br /><br />Needless to say, however, I heartily endorse the sentiment in the title.<br /><br />:- )Ophelia Bensonhttp://www.butterfliesandwheels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-71973985174523294022009-06-13T17:06:15.271+01:002009-06-13T17:06:15.271+01:00Second time – please delete the first post.
Tha...Second time – please delete the first post. <br /><br />Thanks for the plug, Martin, but I have to update my post.<br /><br />This has been on Butterflies and Wheels and I’ve just read about it in Private Eye. <br /><br />No Muslim nor anyone else had said anything about the book. However, Caroline Toomey of The Sunday Times called the publisher, Continuum, and told him that this book might cause offence. The publisher then called in the “ecumenical adviser” who said the book was okay. Then Caroline Toomey spoke to rent-a-gob for reliable foaming, Anjem Choudary, asking for his response, and of course he said that that there could be “a huge backlash”. This controversy was in fact created by the Sunday Times, which could then report it as a controversy. All my fulminating about internalised censorship was off the mark in this instance.Rosie Bellhttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-24476378213217462912009-06-13T16:59:32.206+01:002009-06-13T16:59:32.206+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rosie Bellhttp://www.rosiebell.co.uknoreply@blogger.com