Samnmax221 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well, it finally happened. Salman Rushdie, who happens to be one of my favorite authors of all time has been knighted. I still find it amazing that the man has had a death sentence on his head for most of my life. Yep. EDIT: Now its about time Ringo Starr got Knighted, he was Mr. Conductor for **** sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish.Stapler Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Congratulations to him. The Satanic Verses were EXCELLENT, and he is a model for anyone who champions free speech. Kudos to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well, it finally happened. Salman Rushdie, who happens to be one of my favorite authors of all time has been knighted. I still find it amazing that the man has had a death sentence on his head for most of my life. Yep. EDIT: Now its about time Ringo Starr got Knighted, he was Mr. Conductor for **** sake. Yeah, what can you say......those radicals have longer memories than elephants... Btw....which rock stars have been knighted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Btw....which rock stars have been knighted? Well there is Paul McCartney who was not Mr. ****ing Conductor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Well there is Paul McCartney who was not Mr. ****ing Conductor. True 'nuf. He's just Mr. ****ing Veghead (and overall j@ck@ss for not getting a pre-nup). Wait, my bad, that's SIR ****ing Veghead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Wait a minute. Hold on. Hold the phone. Don't you have to slay a dragon to be knighted? Congrats to Rushdie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabretooth Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Heh, good for him. I've never read his stuff, though all my teachers seem to recommend it for some reason. I might pick up The Satanic Verses and Shalimar someday, though. My sister read the latter and she said it was awesome. I'm with the "Knight Steve Harris" campaign, btw. EDIT: Goddam, he's married to Padma Lakshmi?! I was thinking she's still single. Damn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Congratulations to Mr. Rushdie. He deserves it. David Beckham, Ellen McArthur and over-hyped musicians really don't. It just devalues the whole honours system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Sir Elton John was knighted. Congrats to Sir Salman Rushdie. I can't imagine the security they had to have in place for his knighting ceremony. Whew. Does the UK recognize civil partners of nobles with titles? E.g. when Paul McCartney was knighted, his late wife Linda became Lady Linda McCartney. Does Elton John's partner become a Lord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Sir Elton John was knighted. Congrats to Sir Salman Rushdie. I can't imagine the security they had to have in place for his knighting ceremony. Whew. Does the UK recognize civil partners of nobles with titles? E.g. when Paul McCartney was knighted, his late wife Linda became Lady Linda McCartney. Does Elton John's partner become a Lord? It depends on the order, the rank, etc. I think, for example for a CBE (or the virtually-never-awarded GBE - of which I know only one person to have been awarded it in living memor, whose name I've now forgotten), I think a wife is typically referred to as 'Dame' as a courtesy; I don't know what'll happen with same-sex couples...the honours system really wasn't designed with it in mind. Elton's SO will presumably not be known as anything other than Mr. David Whatever-his-last-name-is. Personally, I think knighthoods are given out far too often to people whose impact is far too ephemeral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentScope001 Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Personally, I think knighthoods are given out far too often to people whose impact is far too ephemeral. QFE. Now, that USSR spy and turncoat who also got knighted, he deserves that knighthood. He betrayed his own country and did what he could to help Great Britan in the Cold War. Most of all, he was fought in a war, when all Mr. Rushdie did was write books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 all Mr. Rushdie did was write books. Very excellent books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 QFE. Now, that USSR spy and turncoat who also got knighted, he deserves that knighthood. He betrayed his own country and did what he could to help Great Britan in the Cold War. Most of all, he was fought in a war, when all Mr. Rushdie did was write books. Words last for all time. David Beckham, Ian Botham and Kelly Holmes will be forgotten in five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Share Posted June 17, 2007 Although not at all unexpected the Iranians respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Good man. Rushdie, that is. The Iranians can go fornicate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Good man. Rushdie, that is. The Iranians can go fornicate. Gawd, hopefully they use protection as the last thing the world needs is more radical islamicists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mur'phon Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Wait...............................did they finaly knight someone who deserve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gargoyle King Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Wait...............................did they finaly knight someone who deserve it? Pretty Much! Although i think Bono & Elton John deserved it aswell. Also you forget about Sir Paul McCartney, a legend from my hometown and a legend from arguebly the greatest rock 'n' roll band to ever grace the British rock scene, The Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 The fallout just keeps coming down. The British Government better not back down just because there are lunatics who don't agree with them giving honors to someone who has deserved them for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 The fallout just keeps coming down. The British Government better not back down just because there are lunatics who don't agree with them giving honors to someone who has deserved them for a long time. The British government backs down if someone sneezes! Though technically, they've got no control over honours - the Queen is the fount of honour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 So that's who the guy in your avatar is Sam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentScope001 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Words last for all time. David Beckham, Ian Botham and Kelly Holmes will be forgotten in five years. DI, words last for as long as people care about them. Eventually, they'll die too. The only thing that doesn't die are those who actually fought for their ideas, like that Cold War spy. He affected history, and he played a role in defeating the Soviets. All Salaman Rushdie did was write books. And, well, I heard that it's not very good books. But, eh. I better read it myself, see what it's all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 Though technically, they've got no control over honours - the Queen is the fount of honour. OOPS, I forgot about that. Well hopefully the Queen doesn't back down. So that's who the guy in your avatar is Sam. Whats funny is I was thinking of changing it back to the Casablanca Finale shot just before this all happened. I now feel compelled to leave it like that untill this issue resolves itself. All Salaman Rushdie did was write books. And, well, I heard that it's not very good books. But, eh. I better read it myself, see what it's all about. And you're not biased or anything. Otherwise, Christopher Hitchens was on the BBC last night and I remember him saying some good thing, at least I think he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentScope001 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 And you're not biased or anything. No, I just want to read bad reviews on all things I read or want to read. Why should I have to take the reviews of people who like his book at face value? They would be biased towards that book, and bias is bad. So, I need to read reviews that are critical of his books, so that I can get a balanced viewpoint along with the reviews that are biased towards his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 No, I just want to read bad reviews on all things I read or want to read. Why should I have to take the reviews of people who like his book at face value? They would be biased towards that book, and bias is bad. So, I need to read reviews that are critical of his books, so that I can get a balanced viewpoint along with the reviews that are biased towards his book. The people who have historically hated his books have been Indira Gandhi, and a bunch of angry fanatics who think they're living in the 7th century, the credibility isn't there. I happen to have my copy of Grimus right next to me, shall we see what the critics say? "A book to be read twice...[Grimus] is literate, it is fun, it is meaningful, and perhaps most important, it pushes the boundaries of the form outward." -Los Angelas Times "Ambitious, strikingly confident." -The Times Literary Supplement "A mixture of Science Fiction and Folklore, past and future, primitive and present-day...Thunderous and touching." -Financial Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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