Blogger In Trouble
Published by James E on Thursday, August 17, 2006.
Some guy has been suspended from his job at Orange for posting a (quite amusing) article on the Conservative Home blog (click title for link). He sets out a dictionary of typical New Labour speak, some of which people has found offensive. Big stink all round, especially from Muslims who accuse him of racism. I disagree: if you read the article, he satirises government speak and isn't actually setting out his own views. Some of my favourites:
Consultation - a formal system for ignoring public views while patronising them at the same time. London's Congestion Charge for instance.
Community leader - someone plucked from obscurity to represent Âthe views of the community for the purposes of ÂconsultationÂ. NB never elected to this position.
Disproportionate - foreign affairs: Describes any act by USA or Israel.
Diversity - creating a workforce based on how people look rather than on their skills or aptitude
In partnership with.. - Government: "this way, none of us get the blame when nothing happens!"
Intolerance - Intolerance can only committed against certain defined groups of people. These do not include: Americans, the middle class, white manual workers, rural people, business and Christians obviously.
Islamophobic - anyone who objects to having their transport blown up on the way to work. (ah)
Palestinians - archetype 'victims' no matter how many teenagers they murder in bars and fast food outlets. Never responsible for anything they do  or done in their name - because of 'root causes' or Âlegitimate grievancesÂ. (oh)
al Qaeda - Muslim 'militants' who for some reason or other continue to kill far more Muslims than people of any other faith.
Social exclusion - where bad people, behaving badly, somehow became our fault.
Consultation - a formal system for ignoring public views while patronising them at the same time. London's Congestion Charge for instance.
Community leader - someone plucked from obscurity to represent Âthe views of the community for the purposes of ÂconsultationÂ. NB never elected to this position.
Disproportionate - foreign affairs: Describes any act by USA or Israel.
Diversity - creating a workforce based on how people look rather than on their skills or aptitude
In partnership with.. - Government: "this way, none of us get the blame when nothing happens!"
Intolerance - Intolerance can only committed against certain defined groups of people. These do not include: Americans, the middle class, white manual workers, rural people, business and Christians obviously.
Islamophobic - anyone who objects to having their transport blown up on the way to work. (ah)
Palestinians - archetype 'victims' no matter how many teenagers they murder in bars and fast food outlets. Never responsible for anything they do  or done in their name - because of 'root causes' or Âlegitimate grievancesÂ. (oh)
al Qaeda - Muslim 'militants' who for some reason or other continue to kill far more Muslims than people of any other faith.
Social exclusion - where bad people, behaving badly, somehow became our fault.
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