Salman Rushdie Says Video Games Can Change the World
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24-Jun-2008 (9 comments)

Good news! The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie believes that video games can change the world. It's always nice to see such positivity! Clearly Rushdie is an open minded man of the arts.

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Rosie T.

Alive and Kicking!

by Rosie T. on Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:12 AM PDT

Birds of a feather flock together.

Lovebirds.  See what I mean?

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Rosie T.

JJ translated the fatwa issued directly from Khomeini

by Rosie T. on Wed Jun 25, 2008 01:51 PM PDT

immediatly after it came in by fax when he was working for the IRI press agency in 1979.  It was a factor in his deciding to leave IRI.    JJ is a huge fan of youtube and posts from there onto Stuff on the homepage every single day.  If isn't really clear WHAT Rushdie is saying about youtube and video games because he obviously doesn't mean that what in his opinion is garbage is good for kids, so clearly the quote is taken out of context.  Nevertheless, taken at face value, it is very amusing that thirty years after jj translated the fatwa which was so instrumental in determing the fate of both men's lives, Rushdie seems to be advocating the most common and fun aspects of the Internet such as youtube as an important force in changing the world.  And that is part of jj's vision too and let's not argue about whether it is or isn't.  If you don't think it is ask jj and let me know what he says.  I'll be waiting for your report.  In the meantime I'd like to drop this, please, if you don't mind. 

Rosie


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The ego speaks!

by Anonymous-today (not verified) on Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:32 AM PDT

No, not Rushdie, not the author of many award winning books but Rosie T. I didn't say you were lame, I said the link passed on as news was lame, so chill out. I said it was lame because the content was really thin and not news. Who decides what's news and what is a feature as they say in TV, true. Maybe JJ should create a new segment called suggested links. As to the fatwa question, it's old hat to even Rushdie and a discussion of it can be had in much better way than this. So every time Rushdie passes wind and it's reported in the media with a mention of the fatwa then it's news? I'm curious Rosie T, have you actually read The Satanic Verses?


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King of mouth diherea

by Realist (not verified) on Wed Jun 25, 2008 05:44 AM PDT

goes at it again. YouTube can only be ragarded as garbage to a pompous, cultural elitist such as Salman Rushdie.

Books can also be garbage. Some of his are vivid examples.


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Rosie T.

What do you mean he kicks himself?

by Rosie T. on Tue Jun 24, 2008 05:43 PM PDT

He kicks himself because Rushdie's alive and kicking and the fatwa never worked?????

Just kidding, of course.


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Unreal.......

by Natalia Alvarado-Alvarez on Tue Jun 24, 2008 04:55 PM PDT

Well, I now know, why JJ keeps kicking himself about the past.

Solh va Doosti

Natalia


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Rosie T.

ANYBODY; READ MY FIRST COMMENT AND THEN GO TO

by Rosie T. on Tue Jun 24, 2008 04:29 PM PDT

THE LINK AND SCAN TIL YOU GET TO THE PART ABOUT RUSHDIE AND THE FATWA AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY JJ AND I CONCUR THAT THIS IS ALWAYS BREAKING NEWS ON THIS WEBSITE.

No matter what the source.  Even if it came off a cereal box.

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Rosie T.

It is not lame whatsoever and it is definitely news for

by Rosie T. on Tue Jun 24, 2008 04:25 PM PDT

this website.  Perennially.  Always, every day, every month, every year.  jj featured it because he knows that.  

You REALLY read the link until you came to the part about Rushdie and the fatwa along with my comment below and you didn't get it??!!  Wow! That's a little...lame.   

I'm not lame.  I walk on my own two feet.  And sometimes I do find myself crawling. 

But lame, never.

 


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This is lame, Rosie T

by Anonymous-today (not verified) on Tue Jun 24, 2008 03:30 PM PDT

First, this is not news. Second, the comment by Rushdie was in passing and tongue-in-cheek. He said maybe youTube and video games will help the youth in Muslem countries to change because they see the garbage everyone else consumes and they'd want some too. And how is this connected to JJ's link?


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