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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (24140)	12/31/2004 10:50:31 AM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

are you staying politically correct? it's a full time job of late Politically Incorrect Phrases of 2004 [just to keep you on your toes] master/slave - the computer term - was banned as racially offensive by a Los Angeles County purchasing department, was named the most politically incorrect term of the year on Thursday. gay marriage is now - non-same sex marriage [that is a mouthful] waiter or waitress - it's out, now you have to call for your waitron [doesn't that sound so star trekky?] God is now, higher being - as in, In Higher Being We Trust [looks like we're going to remint some moolah] Yankee hater is now Red Sox lover terrorists are now insurgents even though they strike terror the vicious 'freshman' term should now be 'first year student' but I'm not touching 'incurious' - I think it's not pc