Been There, Done That

"I'm in the unusual position of feeling sorry for the Pope. It's a first for me. I just think people should calm down a bit. This immediate, manufactured outrage that takes place is getting to be excessive. Look at the things that are not being protested about. In Darfur [Sudan] you've got a Muslim massacre of other Muslims. Why aren't there demonstrations about that in the Muslim world?"

- Salman Rushdie