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 Browns 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 dont know what purpose is served by this. I dont 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.
George Orwell struggled mightily all of his tortured, sickly 48 years to show us what we were capable of doing to ourselves and the myriad forms of denial we were vulnerable to: it is a pity to think that this is the country he was born in and lived in, and wrote about, and that people like Gordon and “Jacqui” are now important figures at the helm. Utterly pathetic. I thought things might straighten out in England, but the leadership is now serving as useful idiots for people like George Galloway.
That is what I’m counting on!The heartland is not going to roll over. I’ve only skimmed the posts but I hope I’m replying accurately.
It’s bad, from where I’ve lived and now live, but I have no doubt that when it matters, this country will never allow Islam to succeed here. The heartland won’t stand for it. Big cities, suburbs, certain regions are so PC and leftist, but most of America is the little towns and it’s those people who won’t roll over.
The new Prime Minister and his cohorts should read the Koran
They would find out who is attacking them. Sharia Law is
gaining a foothold in the UK: These socialists, Brown et al,
don’t have a clue!
Wonderful post.
It’s so true here in America too.
I’ve been in numerous conversations where I’ve been scolded for being *too harsh* and *close minded* because I spoke the truth without the touchy feely stuff. It happens with friends and even in my own home with family. Facts, content, matter less than making it nice and putting a bow on it. Emotions, feelings trump arguments based on facts.
Dude is a moron.
He’s a wuss but we’re experiencing the same thing here. This PC nonsense is going to get us all killed or in a fight for our lives and the majority don’t even see it coming. I understand many don’t fall for this but we’re way too silent.
WAit till Londonstan becomes the reality. Then we shall see our foreign cousins wailing for American help. But, it will be too late. And if a Dem wins in our election, it could be too late for us too.
Don’t say Putin is KGB. /moonbat off
And heaven forbid should one admit to owning a gun (for protection) in this area and it’s as if she’s a criminal. The Northeast, not sure about other areas, is so PC and anti gun ownership it’s ridiculous.
I would like to know what they British Brits (as opposed to the Asian Brits) are saying amongst themselves about the Pcadilly-Glasgow plot and the “Muslim problem” in general?
1938 style appeasement in 2007 will result in another 1939 disaster.
We are close to being as PC as the Brits, and it is scary.
The mentally ill are growing in numbers and perceived power, and they hate a strong America and are Hatriotics.
Hi. No, I’m in NJ :(
I’d like to know what they are saying too. My husband spent a lot of time in England and Scotland, especially Scotland when he worked for DOD. We always hear how much the rest of the world hates Americans, even the Brits and Scots, but he claims that’s not the case at all. So, with the recent attacks in London and Glasgow, he’s confident that they aren’t blinded by what’s happening in their countries. That’s just his opinion, based on those he spent time with, etc. My brother was in England and Ireland (visiting family in Ireland) during 9-11 and the first couple of weeks after we entered Afghanistan. He said the people he spent time with/met were aware of the “Muslim problem” - like my husband, he claims the Brits, Scottish, Irish pretty much reflect our views despite what gets portrayed in the media.
I’d like to know what the British people, rather than their government and media, think about all of this, too.
He's right! It's PC and it's total insanity. I guess every time we turn on TV and see the little Koranimals gathered together screaming "death to America, death to Israel, death to the infidels" it's just our imagination! They must not be Muslims!
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