My main complaint all this time is I resent self-righteous busibodies who presume to tell me how I should talk, as if I were an insensitive, ignorant dolt who needs re-education. As far as I am concerned, the people who think that adopting new phrases actually makes anything any better are either condescending or jingoistic or both.gee whiz folks, let's step back a bit a re-read:
all she did was refer to another book that speaks about the same topic. there was no PC agenda to change what the developers of our country are called.
I think it's interesting to put their lives in the context of brothers; arguing, struggling, caring deeply about what they were doing, and more than likely about each other.
edit: sorry, I was writing my reply while all this other good stuff was going on.. I apologize for being a slow typist... I started typing after WO'N's chopped paté post... 
