Is It Akin To Terrorism To Brand Religious Extremists As "w*****s" ?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/555134/Boris-Johnson-Jihadists-Porn-Losers-Muslim-Debate-Terrorism

[dave50]

No!

[Prudie]

No, it might be lots of negative things but not terrorism which is surely having a goal that is achieved through attacking or instilling fear in 'civilians'

[jourdain2]

No.

[Old_Geezer]

Off topic I know, but I don't think one can always assume one asterisk per letter. Earlier today I wrote the mainly inoffensive phrase "taking the píss" in a thread about someone thinking they are entitled to claim loads of welfare to pay for the upkeep of a family that was his personal responsibility. But this site shows it as "taking the ***".

[Postdog]

Nothing like a mass debate on this topic...

[vetuste_ennemi]

Not if we're talking fundamentalist Baptists burning Korans and torching abortion clinics. Not if we're talking ultra-orthodox Jews who believe God's covenant with Abraham was all about real estate. In these two cases abuse, excoriation and hate are the mandatory responses of all right-minded people. As for other religious extremists, use of such language might indicate a failure of imagination in understanding the causes of their alienation. It could be our fault in that we have failed to "engage" with them. Please check with Lady W***** on the subject, she's something of an expert. (Don't read too much in the number of asterisks).

[anotheoldgit]

Who been upset enough to sabotage the Express web site, it is not loading.

[DTCwordfan]

Probably youngmafbog telling Dirty Des to zip it....

Or Boris has gone for an injunction.

[naomi24]

Silly woman.

[Hypognosis]

"Causing fear"??!! They'll be fuming about being portrayed as that timid. And who made her the spokesman for every Muslim in Britain?

It fits the pattern: taking offence on behalf of others of your kind simply to score debating points.

"Ms Zia said the "sweeping comment" made by Mr Johnson labelled "all young Muslim men as losers"."

Note that Boris specified "Jihadists" yet she specified "all" (quoute therefore needs verification - sound recording, say). SHE was the one who turned it into the sweeping generalisation.

The ones in the middle east, with the guns, will receive this story through the prism of Arab news channels who get the story third-hand, after her distortion. They will get angry about words she put in Boris' mouth. See how easy propaganda works?

If she has incited further hatred of us (albeit 2000 miles distant) by her actions, where does she stand, legally?

PC-ness, taking offence on others' behalf and then making sweeping generalisations for the purpose of rhetoric can get you into big trouble. :-|