The UK's displacement activity

Greg Richards:

One of the contributions of anthropology in the last generation has been the concept of "displacement activity." This is activity that is a substitute for attacking an intruder to the group. It is usually quite spectacular or alternatively involves apparent deep concentration and attention, so that the group member is apparently completely occupied by this very important activity.

This is what we are seeing in the British Unions. Britain is being actively attacked by radical Islam both in word - savage words - and deed - savage deeds. The response of the new prime minister has been to prohibit the use of the term "war on terror" in cabinet meetings.

The response of some of Britain's unions - of scholars and now transport workers - has been to take out their anxieties on a blameless bystander whose real actions in the real world are a standard for decency, not to mention academic achievement and excellence.

Those of us brought up on the inspiring behaviour of the Brits and leadership of Winston Churchill during WWII would never have expected to see this day - that the British of all people should be overtaken by the Stockholm Syndrome.

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He is talking about the boycott of Israel which is resisting attacks by the same ideology as that attacking the UK. They are both being attacked for rejecting the weird religious beliefs of Islamist terrorist. You would have to say that the Israeli response is the more rational.