Borders makes “Terrorist” its Shortlist pick o’ the week
posted at 11:27 am on June 9, 2006 by Allahpundit
They can stock it on the top shelf, right next to the Koran.
Nice job by Updike’s publisher making this happen, though. What’d they do, threaten to blow up a few stores?
“Utterly incomprehensible” indeed. Previous posts on Updike are here and here.
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After I email Borders, there will be no shopping there for at least 5 years.
Boycott count:
1) Anything Mexican til 2011.
2) Borders books nothing til 2012.
shooter on June 9, 2006 at 11:36 AM
OOOKKKAAAAYYYY!
So, here we have a novel that deals sympathetically with an Islamic terrorist? Do I have that straight?
When do we get a novel that deals sympathetically with a prison guard at Dachau?
Ooops! I forgot. That guard would be male, white, and (nominally) Christian. Too many strikes against him. Who could sympathize with someone like that?
SSvet on June 9, 2006 at 11:48 AM
This is why when we refer to the “left,” the word usually has another word preceding it: LUNATIC!
ForYourEdification on June 9, 2006 at 11:53 AM
“John Updike witnessed the distruction of 9/11; now he tries to understand the motivation for such an act.” Read the Koran sir.
birdman on June 9, 2006 at 12:42 PM
Disgraceful dhimmitude.
Goodbye Borders.
speed647 on June 9, 2006 at 1:24 PM
The Left is out to destroy our country, they want us to lose this war, this is Sickening.
Excuse me, I have to take a Borders and wipe my Updike.
Richard Davis on June 9, 2006 at 1:47 PM
Its a good thing Updike witnessed this incident, or else someone might believe the towers fell because of timed detonations. As to the cause, there is a Police Chief in Toronto who has an ‘inticate graph’ that might explain the matter. Politics was his conclusion. It was the Jews and Americans fault.
pat on June 9, 2006 at 2:01 PM
Ahh! John Updike–When I first heard of him–back in the day–I asked my mother-in-law what she thought of his books and short stories. I’ll quote her response. “He’s good at describing pubic hair as beautiful, and I care not to read another beautiful description of pubic hair ever again.”
Sounds like he’s written another one.
Melba Toast on June 9, 2006 at 2:03 PM
john updike??? my oh my. and he’s SUCH the authority on islamic extremism… let’s just UNDERSTAND them. They had TERRIBLE childhoods, they were BEATEN, forced to walk 5 miles to school, barefoot and in the hot, dry desert sand. Poor, poor, deprived souls. if only we UNDERSTOOD them better, they wouldn’t want to use airplanes as missiles, behead our children, poison our water supply and bomb our refineries.
sarcasm off/
pullingmyhairout on June 9, 2006 at 2:13 PM
pullingmyhairout….
Maybe Mr. Updick should write slick willey’s biography. He too had a terrible childhood, was beaten and poor. Except he used missiles a little differently.
dallas94 on June 9, 2006 at 2:21 PM
Brilliant!!! Will he be challenging Howard Dean for his job? American culture must really be a disaster to trowel out jackasses like this. The lefties stupidity immune systems must be breaking down in the heat of global warming.
Shmo on June 9, 2006 at 3:38 PM
Borders lost my business when they refused to sell the April/May issue of Free Inquiry because it contained reprints of the Mohammed cartoons. This news comes as no surprise.
Tudzi on June 9, 2006 at 7:01 PM
Borders lost my business years ago even before I knew they were radical.
LEFT
Lunatic Egotistical Fanatical Tudes
RolandHall on June 11, 2006 at 5:16 AM