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		<title>By: John Thomas</title>
		<link>http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/07/21/how-pc-is-putting-us-all-at-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-149473</link>
		<dc:creator>John Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes, as Mansel Rogerson in effect says, the intentional re-creation of the meaning of words, for purely ideological ends, has a distinct Orwellian chill to it - eg. &quot;homophobia&quot;.
John Thomas, UK</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, as Mansel Rogerson in effect says, the intentional re-creation of the meaning of words, for purely ideological ends, has a distinct Orwellian chill to it &#8211; eg. &#8220;homophobia&#8221;.<br />
John Thomas, UK</p>
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		<title>By: Heidi Attwood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heidi Attwood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent article.  I just hope they don&#039;t put out a fatwa on you.

Let&#039;s face it, our country is already on the downward slide towards becoming an Islamic state and as the ad says:  it won&#039;t happen over night, but it WILL happen.

Heidi Attwood</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article.  I just hope they don&#8217;t put out a fatwa on you.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s face it, our country is already on the downward slide towards becoming an Islamic state and as the ad says:  it won&#8217;t happen over night, but it WILL happen.</p>
<p>Heidi Attwood</p>
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		<title>By: michelle shave</title>
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		<dc:creator>michelle shave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love this article - Thanks Bill and for the information about - A Lexicon on Terror - sounds like something Neville Chamberlain would have endorsed.

Touching on this topic and to further illustrate media discrimination, here is a letter to the Editor of the West Australian on - Immigration Matters - that was published 
Friday 10 July.  The words in [square brackets], are what was NOT included and further illustrates the medias bias.


Dear Editor,

I agree with Don Jackson&#039;s letter &#039;Beware the new Tower of Babel&#039; Wed 1/7- Strength is achieved through unity not diversity.  This is not to deny the richness of various cultures that have contributed colour, flavour and style to Aussie culture - [who wants to eat meat pies every night in preference to pasta, pizzas or pappadums?]  But the enrichment of any culture cannot go ahead at the expense of that nations security - it&#039;s strength. [After all] isn&#039;t that the first priority of any government anywhere, to secure it&#039;s boarders and protect it&#039;s people!  Anything that compromises national security must be [critically monitored and carefully] dismantled; all other considerations must bow to this [top priority]. 
Britian, Denmark and France, with their open door policies, have realized this too late, [to the unravelling of]the host cultures [which, in these cases,] are being challenged by the demands of militant Islam and their [its]&#039;right&#039; to implement Sharia Law.

Yes, we must show compassion to genuine refugees whose lives are under threat in their homelands, and make provision for their preservation. But even the Good Samaritan didn&#039;t take the abandoned victim into his own home but rather made provision for his restoration then went on his way. [(see Luke 10)].  
We need to be &#039;as wise as serpents but as harmless as doves&#039; in detecting and dealing with deceivers who come disguised as refugees [- and come they do]. And as a free people we need to get over our phobia of being called names, whether it&#039;s &#039;racist&#039;, &#039;xenophobe&#039; or &#039;homophobe&#039;.  [All too] often those who use such terms, do so with a view to paralyzing the person so addressed.  These terms become a form of verbal barbed wire aggressively used to immobilize others and prevent further scrutiny and curtailment of their own activities, should they prove to be anti-social, counter productive or a danger to the general community. [Hearer beware!]

If we&#039;re to be effective in protecting our nation from such internal conflict and erosion, let&#039;s get over being intimidated by name calling, cut through this verbal barbed wire and be determined to reclaim the necessity of national unity.  The Bible asks &#039;Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3).  Obviously not. So if two can&#039;t, what makes us think a multi-divergent nation can?  

Kind regards, 
Michelle Shave

And how true that &quot;Verbal engineering precedes social engineering&quot;.  In terms of evolving, &#039;creative&#039; jihad, this would not doubt be considered as &#039;verbal jihad&#039; - the struggle to re-define and re-frame our own language - to their advantage - of course.  Looks like they&#039;ve got the media pretty well stitched up.  Praise God for internet sites such as Culture Watch and other social networks that allow for (reasonable)unfetted speech.  The aftermath of Iran&#039;s elections and &#039;Twitter-pation&#039; must surely give us all renewed hope of continiuing to be a voice for the voiceless through these doors of online communication that, if God has opened, then none can shut.  He&#039;ll always have the last word.

Michelle Shave</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love this article &#8211; Thanks Bill and for the information about &#8211; A Lexicon on Terror &#8211; sounds like something Neville Chamberlain would have endorsed.</p>
<p>Touching on this topic and to further illustrate media discrimination, here is a letter to the Editor of the West Australian on &#8211; Immigration Matters &#8211; that was published<br />
Friday 10 July.  The words in [square brackets], are what was NOT included and further illustrates the medias bias.</p>
<p>Dear Editor,</p>
<p>I agree with Don Jackson&#8217;s letter &#8216;Beware the new Tower of Babel&#8217; Wed 1/7- Strength is achieved through unity not diversity.  This is not to deny the richness of various cultures that have contributed colour, flavour and style to Aussie culture &#8211; [who wants to eat meat pies every night in preference to pasta, pizzas or pappadums?]  But the enrichment of any culture cannot go ahead at the expense of that nations security &#8211; it&#8217;s strength. [After all] isn&#8217;t that the first priority of any government anywhere, to secure it&#8217;s boarders and protect it&#8217;s people!  Anything that compromises national security must be [critically monitored and carefully] dismantled; all other considerations must bow to this [top priority].<br />
Britian, Denmark and France, with their open door policies, have realized this too late, [to the unravelling of]the host cultures [which, in these cases,] are being challenged by the demands of militant Islam and their [its]&#8216;right&#8217; to implement Sharia Law.</p>
<p>Yes, we must show compassion to genuine refugees whose lives are under threat in their homelands, and make provision for their preservation. But even the Good Samaritan didn&#8217;t take the abandoned victim into his own home but rather made provision for his restoration then went on his way. [(see Luke 10)].<br />
We need to be &#8216;as wise as serpents but as harmless as doves&#8217; in detecting and dealing with deceivers who come disguised as refugees [- and come they do]. And as a free people we need to get over our phobia of being called names, whether it&#8217;s &#8216;racist&#8217;, &#8216;xenophobe&#8217; or &#8216;homophobe&#8217;.  [All too] often those who use such terms, do so with a view to paralyzing the person so addressed.  These terms become a form of verbal barbed wire aggressively used to immobilize others and prevent further scrutiny and curtailment of their own activities, should they prove to be anti-social, counter productive or a danger to the general community. [Hearer beware!]</p>
<p>If we&#8217;re to be effective in protecting our nation from such internal conflict and erosion, let&#8217;s get over being intimidated by name calling, cut through this verbal barbed wire and be determined to reclaim the necessity of national unity.  The Bible asks &#8216;Can two walk together, except they be agreed? (Amos 3:3).  Obviously not. So if two can&#8217;t, what makes us think a multi-divergent nation can?  </p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />
Michelle Shave</p>
<p>And how true that &#8220;Verbal engineering precedes social engineering&#8221;.  In terms of evolving, &#8216;creative&#8217; jihad, this would not doubt be considered as &#8216;verbal jihad&#8217; &#8211; the struggle to re-define and re-frame our own language &#8211; to their advantage &#8211; of course.  Looks like they&#8217;ve got the media pretty well stitched up.  Praise God for internet sites such as Culture Watch and other social networks that allow for (reasonable)unfetted speech.  The aftermath of Iran&#8217;s elections and &#8216;Twitter-pation&#8217; must surely give us all renewed hope of continiuing to be a voice for the voiceless through these doors of online communication that, if God has opened, then none can shut.  He&#8217;ll always have the last word.</p>
<p>Michelle Shave</p>
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		<title>By: david skinner</title>
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		<dc:creator>david skinner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the British government had demanded of its citizens that it tolerate Hitler and Nazism in 1938, in the name of diversity, inclusion and equality, the citizens would rightly have been calling for the men in white coats to take them away, or even to brand them as traitors. Indeed something like this must have been happening for Winston Churchill said at the time,

&quot;I foresee and foretell that the policy of submission will carry with it restrictions upon the freedom of speech and debate in Parliament, on public platforms, and discussions in the Press, for it will be said - indeed, I hear it said sometimes now - that we cannot allow the nazi system of dictatorship to be criticised by ordinary common English politicians. And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year, unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.&quot;

We only have substitute “nazi system of dictatorship” with shariah or homosexual dominance and Churchill&#039;s 1938 speech is brought bang up to date. 
   
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090402/new-diversity-guide-for-police-is-pc-madness/
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090624/failure-over-gay-rights-may-harm-police-career/

We need politicians with moral courage and martial vigour to combat the fifth columnists in our society. I am hoping that Sir Richard Dannatt, a christian and head of the British Army in the Middle East will step into the political arena when he retires in a few months time. 

David Skinner,  UK</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the British government had demanded of its citizens that it tolerate Hitler and Nazism in 1938, in the name of diversity, inclusion and equality, the citizens would rightly have been calling for the men in white coats to take them away, or even to brand them as traitors. Indeed something like this must have been happening for Winston Churchill said at the time,</p>
<p>&#8220;I foresee and foretell that the policy of submission will carry with it restrictions upon the freedom of speech and debate in Parliament, on public platforms, and discussions in the Press, for it will be said &#8211; indeed, I hear it said sometimes now &#8211; that we cannot allow the nazi system of dictatorship to be criticised by ordinary common English politicians. And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year, unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.&#8221;</p>
<p>We only have substitute “nazi system of dictatorship” with shariah or homosexual dominance and Churchill&#8217;s 1938 speech is brought bang up to date. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090402/new-diversity-guide-for-police-is-pc-madness/" title="http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090402/new-diversity-guide-for-police-is-pc-madness/" class="autohyperlink" target="_blank">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090402/new-diversity-guide-for-police-is-pc-madness/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090624/failure-over-gay-rights-may-harm-police-career/" title="http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090624/failure-over-gay-rights-may-harm-police-career/" class="autohyperlink" target="_blank">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090624/failure-over-gay-rights-may-harm-police-career/</a></p>
<p>We need politicians with moral courage and martial vigour to combat the fifth columnists in our society. I am hoping that Sir Richard Dannatt, a christian and head of the British Army in the Middle East will step into the political arena when he retires in a few months time. </p>
<p>David Skinner,  UK</p>
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		<title>By: Bill Muehlenberg</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Muehlenberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks guys

Yes the common expression here is “Verbal engineering precedes social engineering”.

Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks guys</p>
<p>Yes the common expression here is “Verbal engineering precedes social engineering”.</p>
<p>Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch</p>
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		<title>By: John Snowden</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Snowden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well said Mansell. Controlling language to control thoughts is an explicit method of Leftwing ideologues, especially feminists. I don&#039;t think it can work. On the Internet, open to everyone, such people are swamped by contrary views. The human mind is very imaginative and inventive.
John Snowden</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well said Mansell. Controlling language to control thoughts is an explicit method of Leftwing ideologues, especially feminists. I don&#8217;t think it can work. On the Internet, open to everyone, such people are swamped by contrary views. The human mind is very imaginative and inventive.<br />
John Snowden</p>
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		<title>By: Mansel Rogerson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mansel Rogerson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Ewan,

I made this comment some time back, but in light of Hass Dellal&#039;s quote it&#039;s worth repeating:

As a warning of where the driving of our culture by changing the language can lead -look no further than George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and the totalitarian state’s ambition to gradually replace English with Newspeak. Every word’s meaning was to be limited so that not even a subversive thought would be possible - there being no way to mentally articulate it. 

Mansel Rogerson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Ewan,</p>
<p>I made this comment some time back, but in light of Hass Dellal&#8217;s quote it&#8217;s worth repeating:</p>
<p>As a warning of where the driving of our culture by changing the language can lead -look no further than George Orwell’s ‘1984’ and the totalitarian state’s ambition to gradually replace English with Newspeak. Every word’s meaning was to be limited so that not even a subversive thought would be possible &#8211; there being no way to mentally articulate it. </p>
<p>Mansel Rogerson</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Hutton</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Hutton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the fourth paragraph captures the idiocy of the situation.

You can&#039;t use the term Islamic terrorist because it might imply that all Muslims are terrorists.  (Let&#039;s not talk about how it is acceptable to use the term fundamentalist to describe both murdering muslims and peacable Christians)

So we use the term moderate Muslim, to concede that this person is probably not a terrorist.  And what?  That implies to the Muslim that they are inadequate in their faith.

Can&#039;t the report writers feel the weight of the irony there.  The Islamic community sees the peacable Muslims as inadequate Muslims.

They&#039;re own words damn them.

If peaceable Muslims really wanted to come out from under the cloud of terrorism they would publicly and vehemently and convincingly condemn terrorism.

Michael Hutton, Ariah Park</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the fourth paragraph captures the idiocy of the situation.</p>
<p>You can&#8217;t use the term Islamic terrorist because it might imply that all Muslims are terrorists.  (Let&#8217;s not talk about how it is acceptable to use the term fundamentalist to describe both murdering muslims and peacable Christians)</p>
<p>So we use the term moderate Muslim, to concede that this person is probably not a terrorist.  And what?  That implies to the Muslim that they are inadequate in their faith.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t the report writers feel the weight of the irony there.  The Islamic community sees the peacable Muslims as inadequate Muslims.</p>
<p>They&#8217;re own words damn them.</p>
<p>If peaceable Muslims really wanted to come out from under the cloud of terrorism they would publicly and vehemently and convincingly condemn terrorism.</p>
<p>Michael Hutton, Ariah Park</p>
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		<title>By: Ewan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ewan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We used to say that there is no such thing as moderate Islam, there are only moderate Muslims, but if the term &quot;moderate Muslim&quot; is politically incorrect now what can we say?

Notably, Multicultural Foundation head Hass Dellal is quoted in the Age article as saying the object is to &quot;change not just language but attitudes.&quot; In other words, the enforcement of politically correct language is designed to brainwash the public. So what else is new?

Ewan McDonald.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We used to say that there is no such thing as moderate Islam, there are only moderate Muslims, but if the term &#8220;moderate Muslim&#8221; is politically incorrect now what can we say?</p>
<p>Notably, Multicultural Foundation head Hass Dellal is quoted in the Age article as saying the object is to &#8220;change not just language but attitudes.&#8221; In other words, the enforcement of politically correct language is designed to brainwash the public. So what else is new?</p>
<p>Ewan McDonald.</p>
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		<title>By: Donna</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We live in a &quot;global community&quot; with universal ethics and standards dictated to the world by the United Nations.  Positive collective thinking reaching its tentacles into all aspects of our lives, including the police forces. We are taught systems thinking to tolerate, accept, respect and appreciate others behaviours as there is no right or wrong.  Sad when this tolerence creeps into Christianity, like leaven.

Proverbs 14:12 &amp; 16:25: &quot;There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.&quot;

Donna Opie</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We live in a &#8220;global community&#8221; with universal ethics and standards dictated to the world by the United Nations.  Positive collective thinking reaching its tentacles into all aspects of our lives, including the police forces. We are taught systems thinking to tolerate, accept, respect and appreciate others behaviours as there is no right or wrong.  Sad when this tolerence creeps into Christianity, like leaven.</p>
<p>Proverbs 14:12 &amp; 16:25: &#8220;There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.&#8221;</p>
<p>Donna Opie</p>
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