Head of BBC Arabic doesn't want to call Charlie Hebdo killers 'terrorists'

More Than Mortal · January 31, 2015, 05:42:07 AM

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The head of BBC Arabic said the Paris attackers who killed 12 people at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo should not be called terrorists.

Tarik Kafala said that “terrorist” is “too loaded” of a word to describe the actions of Said and Cherif Kouachi. The two died in a shootout with French authorities on Jan. 9.

“We try to avoid describing anyone as a terrorist or an act as being terrorist. What we try to do is to say that ‘two men killed 12 people in an attack on the office of a satirical magazine.’ That’s enough, we know what that means and what it is,” the senior BBC executive told The Independent Jan. 25. “Terrorism is such a loaded word. The U.N. has been struggling for more than a decade to define the word, and they can’t. It is very difficult to.”

Disgusting.

DAS B00T x2 · January 31, 2015, 07:07:02 AM

I don't know if I can blame him, seeing as how "terrorist" is synonymous with "brown people" in the public eye.

challengerX · January 31, 2015, 11:34:38 AM

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Naoto · January 31, 2015, 11:52:39 AM

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"Saving Private Ryan, the re-re-release where the soldier's guns have been digitally replaced with walkie-talkies, and the word "Nazi" has been changed to "persons with political differences"

Mr. Psychologist · January 31, 2015, 12:39:18 PM

Ha
Ha
No

Really, they are terrorists. Or were at least. Skirting around the issue for political correctness is idiotic. The IRA were terrorists and these current nutjobs are terrorists, if you kill civilians to further some radical goal then yeah you are a fucking terrorist.

Turkey · January 31, 2015, 01:07:44 PM

Have some respect for the dead and call it what it is.

big sponge · January 31, 2015, 01:43:16 PM

What's with you linking tripe like The Washington Times and Breightbart lately? Usually you use better sources than that.

More Than Mortal · January 31, 2015, 01:47:02 PM

Quote from: LC on January 31, 2015, 01:43:16 PM

What's with you linking tripe like The Washington Times and Breightbart lately? Usually you use better sources than that.

I'm completely unaware about the Washington Time's reputation. Is it unreliable in some way?

big sponge · January 31, 2015, 01:57:45 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on January 31, 2015, 01:47:02 PM

Quote from: LC on January 31, 2015, 01:43:16 PM
What's with you linking tripe like The Washington Times and Breightbart lately? Usually you use better sources than that.
I'm completely unaware about the Washington Time's reputation. Is it unreliable in some way?

It was founded to and I quote "combat communism and uphold traditional Judeo-Christian values". In many cases it's articles are heavily slanted towards the American right and they're staunchly opposed to equal protection of trans individuals as they state that gender identity is a choice.

There's also been many instances where their editors will rewrite a reporters story if it doesn't coincide with their own beliefs and not tell the reporter that they've done so.

On the business side of things it's pretty shitty as well as it's never once made a profit and the Unification Church has spent like $2 billion in keeping it going.

More Than Mortal · January 31, 2015, 02:01:15 PM

Quote from: LC on January 31, 2015, 01:57:45 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on January 31, 2015, 01:47:02 PM
Quote from: LC on January 31, 2015, 01:43:16 PM
What's with you linking tripe like The Washington Times and Breightbart lately? Usually you use better sources than that.
I'm completely unaware about the Washington Time's reputation. Is it unreliable in some way?

It was founded to and I quote "combat communism and uphold traditional Judeo-Christian values". In many cases it's articles are heavily slanted towards the American right and they're staunchly opposed to equal protection of trans individuals as they state that gender identity is a choice.

There's also been many instances where their editors will rewrite a reporters story if it doesn't coincide with their own beliefs and not tell the reporter that they've done so.

On the business side of things it's pretty shitty as well as it's never once made a profit and the Unification Church has spent like $2 billion in keeping it going.

Fucking lol

The more you know, I guess.

CND AAA Beef · January 31, 2015, 11:14:34 PM

Regardless of the reputation of the source, we do live in a world where calling someone who committed an act of terror a "terrorist" can be considered politically incorrect.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 31, 2015, 11:21:12 PM

They aren't terrorists because they committed murder, they're terrorists because they murdered with the intent to spread terror and fear to further their extremist agenda. I don't know how you can struggle to label it, it's in the name. Terrorist. One who commits acts of terror.