Daesh


Learn some more about Daesh

Daesh publish their own magazine, and a journalist with a very strong stomach read all eleven issues to see what insight they gave into the workings of the terrorists.

Apparently, they couldn’t care less about being called Daesh. Not that that’s going to stop me. The most important points are probably numbers 3 and 4- they really, really want the violent reprisals they inspire, and they’re most worried about losing ‘subjects’ they can ‘tax’ or who could provide vitally important services. So, our leaders are playing right into their hands with all the bombing.

Really, our bomb happy leaders- and the politicians, papers and plain old racists calling for an end to taking in refugees- should be ashamed that a website that’s basically full of listicles has provided more insight than they’re capable of.


Daesh

There’s an alternative name for ISIS/ISIL that is just as valid as the one they’d prefer, but they don’t like it being used- Daesh.

I’ve known for a while that they hate this name, but I hadn’t seen a decent explanation of why until I read this- Decoding Daesh: Why Is the New Name for ISIS so Hard to Understand?

As a writer, it’s always nice to discover the power that words can have, particularly when it comes to bursting the egos of groups like Daesh.

(Comedian Adam Hills, who presents The Last Leg on Channel 4- a programme I should watch more often- is using language in a different way to cut Daesh down to size.)