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Brown: Don't Say Terrorists Are Muslims
Yep, I have high hopes for this guy...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. Now to be known as "The Great Pie Fight Against Somebody. Someplace." 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. Nope. Wouldn't wanna do that. they might try to...blow us up or something... However, the change provoked claims last night that ministers are indulging in yet more political correctness. Ya think? 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. So whatta ya gonna call it? I can hardly wait. Maybe you could have a contest? 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. Pay no attention to that flaming...Asian guy screaming Allah Akbar that just fell out of that exploding jeep at the airport. He could be Amish for all you know... 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. You tell 'em, Honey! That'll stop 'em!! And if it doesn't, maybe you can drop some oragami on them... 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. Hey, knock it off! Ya wanna hurt their feelings! 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. So from now on, it's "misguided asians with car trouble"... Posted by: tu3031 2007-07-03 |
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