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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Taking this book off the market in India won't make it go away, it will still be available outside of India, and even in India it will be available to anyone who wants to download it.
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Yes. Plus the author can still visit India with little likelihood of imprisonment. (If I'm wrong -- and I sure hope not -- someone from India can perhaps correct me.)
India is subject to communal violence killing large numbers of people. Their blasphemy law probably tamps down some of the dangerous anger while still being loose enough for ideas to get through. So, although, we should oppose such freedom restrictions everywhere, we also should avoid putting India in the same boat with dictatorships.
It is a damn shame that this author, and Penguin, will no longer get revenue from India, as people instead download her book for free.