Submitted on Friday 15th July 2016
Rejected on Monday 23rd January 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop government and the media calling terrorists "Lone Wolves".
The media and government officials repeatedly call the heinous, cowardly terrorist attacks by individuals as "Lone Wolf" attacks. This glorifies the terrorist and their supporters by associating them with the majestic Wolf rather than a more mundane association such as a stray dog.
Glorification of terrorists is tantamount to incitement. The media and government officials regularly call the terrorist attacks by individuals, such as the recent attack in Nice, France, as "Lone Wolf" attacks and this is unjustified. The Wolf is a majestic animal and the association to cowardly terrorists is just wrong.
By calling the attacks: "Stray Dog" attacks, there would be some reluctance by the perpetrators to be associated with such cowardly action.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government and Parliament can't require the media to take this action. You could start a new petition calling on the Government to stop using the term "lone wolf".
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