Too depressed to think.
The US Government Department of Homeland Security has deported Yusuf Islam, née Cat Stevens, writer of the song “Peace Train.”
Sad.
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Realm of the Lint Queen 
I’m not a big fan of his, but geez. It’s not like he’s dangerous or anything. :(
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i was all set to reply to this, saying, “ah, but didn’t he support the persecution of salman rushdie years ago?”
but then i did some web research and found a faq from catstevens.com that addresses this question. it seems that the media significantly distorted his stated position (although what he said is still disturbing, in context).
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And even if he did support the persecution of Salman Rushdie (which he didn’t), does that make him a terrorist threat? And warrant him being deported?
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no, it doesn’t. no argument from me there. my gut reaction was more to your pointing out the association of cat stevens with “peace train,” and the implications there.
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ah, ok, I see. Thanks for (per norm!) doing the research first!
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