“I think we've turned into a society of craven cowards. I hope that doesn't offend. Actually, I hope it does offend … because, you see, I can still remember the shock of the Rushdie Affair 25 years ago. The very idea that anybody could be killed for writing a book was surreal and horrific. Now we take it for granted that if you say the wrong thing about the religion of peace you'll get death threats and you might actually be killed, so you keep your mouth shut if you know what's good for you. All for the sake of tolerance and diversity, of course.”

— Pat Condell

"A society of cowards" (12 March 2014) https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Z38qqSZZEc · transcript http://dotsub.com/view/597bf8e5-fc95-48fc-b3c7-00ce75f30205/viewTranscript/eng
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