Quote Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly
And I don't see how trying to change the belief of who you're fighting will help when the people you're fighting don't change at all.

They are not trying to change the belief of the people they are fighting where does it say this ?
Um, to be more clear, I meant to change the publics' belief of who Britain is fighting, not changing the beliefs of the people you're fighting.

And to put sensitive political correctness towards your enemy ahead of speaking plainly seems to be stupid.

wouldn't the plainest way to say it be... terrorist(s) why do we need to add a religion or nationality onto the start of it ? every idiot and his dog nows we are fighting islamic fundamentalists.

What if all the 7/7 bombers were from London should we start calling them london terrorists ?
Well, you're not fighting the red brigades, you're engaged with a specific type of terrorist, and it always helps to speak in detail instead of generalities.

If everybody knows who you're fighting, why should the government try to change that? The government is saying the exact opposite of what everyone knows - they are trying to make a 180 degree turn in public belief.

And when they accomplish that, when everyone ignores the mosques preaching hatred because 'we're not fighting Muslims at all', will that be of help?

The point is everytime someone says muslim terrorist your lumping all muslims together which doesn't help in a number of ways

The BNP (british nationalist party) uses the hate this helps generate against all muslims

Muslims will either feel insulted by being grouped with the terrorists or maybe it will make them feel closer to thier cause...
The government isn't doing this because they think it will help, but because they are a bunch of ninnies who don't want to offend and believe in crap like moral and cultural relativism.

And do you think Muslims will appreciate the gov't telling them what is and isn't Islamic?

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