IRA Renouces Violence

I read in the Deseret Morning News that the Irish Republican Army has renounced violence. I have not seen much fanfare elsewhere; perhaps because many see this as the boy who cried wolf. Nontheless, Islamic suicide bombers have given terrorism in general a bad name (if there is a silver lining to be found) and the IRA is finding itself in an untenable position. It appears that Irish-American supporters are finally seeing the repulsive IRA violence through the lens of Islamoterrorism and are cutting off funds. The IRA’s high profile organized crime forays have also taken the shine off whatever noble purpose people would rationalize for the IRA violence.

I don’t generally trust thugs and murderers to abide by their word. In the words of John Deakin (Charles Bronson) of “Breakheart Pass” “Does it surprise you that a murderer would also be a liar?” What makes the promise believable here is not the “good” word of the IRA, but the lack of support they have from their former patrons. There is definitely a lesson to learn here for combating Islamoterrorism.

No, Fox wasn't making this up

Via small dead animals here is the link to the CBC memo not to call terrorists, uh, terrorists. Oh and make sure you don’t use the term gunmen if a female happens to be a shooter (if you think I’m just being sarcastic, read the memo – you can’t make this stuff up.)

A Rose by any Other Name

I heard from Fox News that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation chooses not to use the words "terrorists" or "terrorism" in their reports. To do so would be judgmental. Seems to me the terrorists want to be described as such. Maybe the CBC will be blamed for escalating the horrific nature of attacks in attempts to break out of the "freedom fighters" or mere "bomber" description.

But lets say they are offended. I remember when I found out I was no longer to use the term "handicapped"; "please refer to them as 'physically challenged'". I thought, yeah but everyone is going to catch on and one day someone would be telling me the new term is a stigma, please use "disabled".

If we can't afford to offend head-chopping, school bombing, cretins as terrorists I suppose people will catch on to the euphemisms. Who would have thought 1984 would have been brought to us by the media.