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Thank you, Lail. The vicious attack on Rushdie is abhorrent. And so is the absence of loud and clear condemnation of it by religious leaders.

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Thank you, too. And I agree.

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One of my favorite writers. I would not have known of his substack except for your mention. I subscribed about a month ago to read Seventh Wave and his other stuff there.

Last week Robert Hunter’s lyrics floated through the park in San Francisco and reminded me of S Rushdie.

The storyteller makes no choice

Soon you will not hear his voice

His job is to shed light

And not to master

Since the end is never told

We pay the teller off in gold

In hopes that he will come back

But he cannot be bought or sold

And we all hope he comes back soon

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Thanks so much for sharing this Dan, resonant indeed. San Fransisco in the park, sounds perfect.

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