&gt; It denies them recognition and legitimacy.<p>This doesn&#x27;t mean anything. We recognize them as a legitimate threat because of the land they&#x27;ve taken and the people they&#x27;ve murdered. This reeks of the &quot;homicide bombers&quot; campaign, or the people complaining that &quot;Xmas&quot; takes the Christ out of Christmas. If anything, it&#x27;s even sexier that the greatest powers in the world are so terrified that they refuse to even say their name - is it for fear that they might appear?<p>It was disappointing to me that the SNP chose to make forcing the BBC to use &quot;Daesh&quot; their first issue after the elections.