Posted on 07/03/2007 9:36:19 AM PDT by Eurotwit
Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim” in connection with the terrorism crisis.
The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on terror” is to be dropped.
The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims, adopting a more “consensual” tone than existed under Tony Blair.
However, the change provoked claims last night that ministers are indulging in yet more political correctness.
The sudden shift in tone emerged in comments by Mr Brown and Ms Smith in the wake of the failed attacks in London and Glasgow.
Mr Brown’s spokesman acknowledged yesterday that ministers had been given specific guidelines to avoid inflammatory language.
“There is clearly a need to strike a consensual tone in relation to all communities across the UK,” the spokesman said. “It is important that the country remains united.”
He confirmed that the phrase “war on terror” – strongly associated with Mr Blair and US President George Bush – has been dropped.
Officials insist that no direct links with Muslim extremists have been publicly confirmed by police investigating the latest attempted terror attacks. Mr Brown himself did not refer to Muslims or Islam once in a BBC TV interview on Sunday. Ms Smith also avoided any such reference in her statement to MPs yesterday.
She said: “Let us be clear – terrorists are criminals, whose victims come from all walks of life, communities and religions. Terrorists attack the values shared by all law-abiding citizens. As a Government, as communities, as individuals, we need to ensure that the message of the terrorists is rejected.”
Tory backbencher Philip Davies said: “I don’t know what purpose is served by this. I don’t think we need pussyfoot around when talking about terrorism.”
But former Tory homeland security spokesman Patrick Mercer said: “This is quite a smart idea. We know that the vast majority of Muslims are not involved in terrorism and we have to accept there are sensitivities about these matters.”
The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on terror” is to be dropped.
Ah yes, this is sure to work out well. After all, it is well known that Bush is a greater threat to the world than all the Muslims put together.
In all seriousness, it has not taken even a week for Brown to show his true colors. Perhaps he and "Red" Ken Livingston should get together with Pelosi and Reid and preview their "New World Order". Perhaps they could make some paper cranes to drop as peace offerings over Muslim neighborhoods like the Thais did in Southeast Asia just before the death rate from "freedom fighters" went from one or two weekly up to the current level of four or five daily.
If you cannot recognize and confront your enemy then this enemy is sure to win.
Yes, I am certain that the radical community will lay down its arms in gratitude. /sarcasm.
Actually, they will view it as weakness and come after them all the harder.
An EXCELLENT idea for our moo-slime "brothers" and "sisters".
Westminister Cathedral to stage new musical work based on Qur’an.
It was commissioned by the Prince of Wales (he’s the idiot in the pictures).
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/016633.php
I believe that’s the only thing that has kept us free this long. Thank God Almighty for the wisdom and foresight that our Founding Fathers had in protecting that right. If we ever lose that right, we are done for.
I especially think this one says a lot:
...but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow itetc...
what did the english call the v2 rocket attacks? or how did they refer to them? “nazi attacks”? surely you had some slang back then did you not?
It’s a sad fact that the Iron Lady has more balls than the entire British Government
At some point small segments of populations of these various countries will begin to form their own underground groups retaliating just a viciously against muslims if these attacks continue, especially if our governments do not call a spade a spade and openly challenge or ban aspects of this religion(killing non muslims, killing of muslims who leave islam, wife beating etc.). Basically go through the koran and the surahs and state in writing exactly where the koran does not fit into democrat society or is just plain untrue (women having a third the thinking capacity of men etc.) and if they do not like it then they can leave.
It would be a grand eye opener for all involved especially our Western so called leaders, because islam and democracy can never co-exist, islam is the last killing religion that has not been mostly eradicated.
I already don’t like this Brown guy. He seems to be a pussy.
But investigators are looking into it.
A rose is a rose...
A terrorist is a terrorist...
A Muslim is a Muslim....
And it is not a coincidence that the parts of the world where this religion dominates by and large are backwood and unproductive.. other than in more creative and gorish ways to mame and murder.
Islam is and never will be a religion of Peace... it is a religion founded on violence, spread by its founder personally by violence, and has nothing to do with peace.
This utterly non PC message brought to you by historical fact.
There was never any problem blaming the “troubles” on the IRA....
Prophetic words! As I understand it, slavery is still practiced in Islamic countries.
AnN Coulter is gonna have a field day with this.
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