We're all Rushdie now, but, uh, maybe life could be worse

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1448279,00.html

Maybe they'll continue renewing the fatwa after he's dead of old age

The Iranians, who come across as some of the

saner characters in the jihad racket, are still

anxious to kill Rushdie over the 16-year-old

novel.

I hope that at least the book still sells.

I read it. It's a better book that one might

think, given its circumstances.

Some Iranians actually SUPPORT Rushdie.

http://www.iranian.com/Kamran/2005/May/Sayyad/index.html

Do you read Farsi? Neither do I

This is the current Mrs Rushdie.