Yes to true freedom.I loved Ralph R. Reiland's "War, Theocrats, and All That" ("The Popular Condition," January/February 2002). Yes to art, literature, kissing, and fashion. Yes to free thought and enterprise. Yes to the F-16s, too. I'm all for self-defense. One more yes: to the embattled em·bat·tled adj. 1. Prepared or fortified for battle or engaged in battle: embattled troops; an embattled city. 2. , endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. , heroic artists and intellectuals of the Arab/Muslim world who have been the first and most bloodied victims of the theocrats. Yes to Salman Rushdie Noun 1. Salman Rushdie - British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947) Ahmed Salman Rushdie, Rushdie . Yes to the slain Tahar Djaout Tahar Djaout (1954-1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated by the rebel Armed Islamic Group because of his support of secularism and opposition to what he considered fanaticism. , and yes to the springtime of reason that he longed for. Savannah Jahrling Madison, WI |
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