Give it up for Salman

Re Salman's Sir insensitive, July/August
The British government, like any other free government, has a right to honour its citizens. Some governments deny many human rights to their citizens, including communist and Muslim governments.
To me, Salman Rushdie is a very courageous person, but not more so than Poland's Lech Walesa, who beat the whole might of the ex-Soviet Union empire.