What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist

Quote by Salman Rushdie

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A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides,...

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner...

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time...

I used to say, 'There is a God-shaped hole in me.' For a long time...

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I...

If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways...

Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways...

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the...

Doubt, it seems to me, is the central condition of a human being in the...

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

I do not need the idea of God to explain the world I live in.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.

Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.