Uganda passes tough anti-gay laws.

[Frodo]

It's fine to condemn this - not just fine but right as this is atrocious - but the thought processes that lead to the word 'savages' being chosen as the means of condemnation are not particularly pretty ones.

Exactly; the word is too loaded with connotations.

I'm mildly surprised no one has used the terms 'hostiles' or 'friendlies' yet when we were arguing over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.