"The moment you say that any idea…" — Salman Rushdie

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当你说任何一个思想体系是神圣的，无论是宗教信仰体系还是世俗意识形态，当你宣称一套思想不受批评、讽刺、嘲笑或蔑视的影响时，思想自由就变得不可能。

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