Yesterday, Salmon Rushdie was stabbed up to fifteen times.

He was scheduled to give an address on "Free Speech." However, a group that is furious with him had offered a $3,000,000 bounty on him for a book he published about thirty years ago.

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Mamapolo2016 · F

Besides the obvious, I was shocked by the Chautauqua Institution's cavalier attitude toward security for its famous and often controversial guests.

They seem to have adopted a philosophy of "Well, we won't stop them, but maybe we'll catch them."

ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP

@Mamapolo2016 Wow! They should have been prepared to supply security when the speaker has a three million bounty attached to him.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@ProfessorPlum77 You would think so.

MissPerfect · 22-25, F

It was a wrongful act, but expected. It's far better to promote the truth than to directly criticize a specific belief institution with a tendency for violence.