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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChristchurch shootings: Ardern vows never to say gunman's name
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47620630<snip>
The prime minister addressed a special meeting of parliament on Tuesday, opening her speech by using the Arabic greeting "Al-Salaam Alaikum", which in English means "peace be upon you".
She said: "I implore you, speak the names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them. He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless."
Ms Ardern assured MPs that the attacker would "face the full force of the law". She encouraged New Zealanders to acknowledge the grief of the Muslim community this Friday - which is the Muslim day of worship and will mark one week since the shooting.
Ms Ardern has already announced that the nation's gun laws will be reformed and that the details would be presented within days.
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Christchurch shootings: Ardern vows never to say gunman's name (Original Post)
malaise
Mar 2019
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I forget his first name but I know his last name begins with a T and ends in errorist.
UniteFightBack
Mar 2019
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. This is how it should be done
The Prime Minister of New Zealand 🇳🇿 is a class act.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)3. I forget his first name but I know his last name begins with a T and ends in errorist.
ONe of the newscasters actually said that at his last name before self correcting so it just kinda stuck.
raccoon
(31,092 posts)4. Hope this will help, at least that wannabe terrorists
Wont think that after their cowardly acts everybody will know their name.