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That nothing is done by me to remove, expunge, erase any obscene or pornographic word or phrase. If you can't stomach Rushdie's "shit"* in print. Please tear up this publication and throw it in your toilet pan. In all my lectures on Rushdie, I had warned my audiences in advance that my talks were "Definitely not for Prudes, children, and Bashful fontana labs Men and Women! From now on, you can look forward to sharing fontana labs the "gems" (the fontana labs shit which Rushdie has excreted) with your Western friends and neighbours. Create opportunities to expound "The Satanic Verses" *. This is a very mild expression from Rushdie's Book. See and hear me on Video "IS JESUS GOD?" a debate with Dr. Shorrosh in which I was hard put skirting round and round this word and yet never corning to uttering it: in deference to my audience. A NOVEL APPROACH Begin like this-"Admitted that Rusdie has many filthy, dirty, and obscene things to say about Islam and its heroes and heroines: but sir, do you know what he has to say about you, his benefactors and protectors, what thanks he gives you for his up-bringing, cultural and moral deportment, and un-solicitated refuge and hospitality?"
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