Twitter has its own dangers, as we saw this week when a Clark, NJ teen posted that there was a stranger in her home and she asked people to call 9-1-1 .

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Sir Salman, who's no stranger to controversy in India, was asked to stay away from promoting Midnight's Children, the film based on his novel, and a book fair in Calcutta on Wednesday following fears of fringe Muslim groups protesting against his presence.

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We asked another group to exchange an e-mail with a stranger who faced the same decision with a different counterpart, and who indicated that he or she would probably tell the truth, because it was the right thing to do.

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