London Police Defuse Car Bombs

[Engelwood]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

It isn't real easy to change a fanatic's mind by talking to him/her.

Of course. I'm just talking about the general attitude in the west regarding radical Islam. When the new British PM bans the word "muslim" when talking about the current incidents, it's PC gone crazy.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12172/Brown:-Don

[UGAalum94]

I'm not sure if it's really PC run amok, which it might be, or if it's a way of trying to marginalize the terrorist networks and supporters from anyone who might be mainstream and Muslim.

There are elements of PC that I think have contributed to the recent problems, and we're going to have to figure out how to handle them in the future: the whole "Flying Imams" flap may provide a good example of what I mean here.

But if you have a rapidly growing Muslim population like all of Western Europe does, you've got to figure out a way to make clear that you're not targeting all Muslims for the actions of a limited few, or if it's not a limited few, you've got to figure out what your long range plan is before you tip your hand.

ETA: which isn't to say that I think we have to pretend that we don't notice that the terrorists are Muslim. But when we're condemning the people responsible, we want to make sure the focus in on condemnation for the terrorism.

[RACooper]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

Of course. I'm just talking about the general attitude in the west regarding radical Islam. When the new British PM bans the word "muslim" when talking about the current incidents, it's PC gone crazy.

No it's just being exact... and not fueling the feeling of isolation or being under attack that many Muslims in the UK feel - feelings that the Muslim community says only drives more into the hands of the extremists. So instead of Muslim you'll see the terms Islamists or Muslim/Islamic Extremists.

Its the ideology not the faith of the terrorists that is the issue, and to confuse or muddy the waters about this distinction only makes fighting that ideology all the more difficult.

[UGAalum94]

Not that it matters, but I didn't say what you have me quoted as saying. It was the poster above me.