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122797Feb 12, 2005 11:11am
Iran's hard-line Revolutionary Guards have declared the death sentence on British author Salman Rushdie is still valid - 16 years after it was issued.
The military organisation, loyal to Iran's supreme leader - said the order was "irrevocable" on the eve of the anniversary of the 1989 fatwa.
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He (Rushdie) has had to keep his whereabouts secret and lived in 30 different addresses in the UK over nine years.
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HapaxFeb 12, 2005 11:18am
. . . and in a tent in Bono's back garden in Dublin

P.S. Do these threads ever actually turn into discussions, or do they merely aspire to the condition of cross-stitching?
122797Feb 12, 2005 11:28am
Ahah! More fire from the grassy knoll.
I have successfully managed to stifle all debate in this forum. Perhaps, when I get my just desserts at the end of this week, discussion will flourish. Until then I remain, etc.
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Many's the time I have driven past Bono's walled sanctuary and wondered what he gets up to in there. It's a lovely spot for sure.

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HapaxFeb 12, 2005 11:57am
Would you believe that when JFK ruled Camelot, there was popular discussion in the Irish media as to whether (or, often, when) Ireland should become the 51st state?

So it looks like both Rushdie and yourself will remain. Stet! Perhaps you should introduce him to the burrows beneath Wimbledon Common, Uncle Bulgaria?
122797Feb 12, 2005 12:43pm
That kind of talk will get you arrested, Hapax.

I no longer frequent the common, not since the banning order took effect, but I will suggest the burrows to Salman; he tells me that Revolutionary Guards have him surrounded at present, and MI5 are researching potential escape routes. What price the U-bend?

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HapaxFeb 12, 2005 12:50pm
Ah! More spouting . . .

If you will permit a little miscegenation between threads, have you heard one of Rushdie's most prominent supporters, Harold Pinter, speaking of the life of Arthur Miller in tones which seem to suggest that Miller's greatest achievement was to be a friend of Harold Pinter?

Now, back to the English Civil War - I'm dying to see who'll win. (C4)
122797Feb 12, 2005 1:25pm
The Pinter news has come as a shock to me and I fear I must retire to my boudoir for a moment's rest. Before I leave you, let me tell you that The Roundheads win by 4 wickets, with the hated Cromwell scoring a disappointing 417 not out.

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HapaxFeb 12, 2005 1:32pm
Ah! The Lara of the Fens, eh?!

The Pinter news should come as no surprise. Since Beckett died, he's had no-one to imitate except God.

(Q. What's the difference between God and Bono?
A. God doesn't think He's Bono)
122797Feb 12, 2005 2:02pm
After writing Murphy, Beckett had no reason to imitate. I remember reading it in my student's hovel and feeling much better about life: The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

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HapaxFeb 12, 2005 2:14pm
Pinter was the mimic, Beckett the original

Hairy Mac and sucky Molly
In the ending days and nights
Of unending melancholy
Love it is at last unites

From memory, in preparation for Valentine's Day.

Did you know that the heart of St. Valentine resides in Whitefriars' St. Church in Dublin? True! Not many people know that!


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