-> -=> FRANK SCHEIDT wrote to BOB KLAHN <=-   
   ->    
   ->  ->  FS> I disagree.  Lyndon Johnson's beloved Vietnam "war" caused   
   ->  ->  FS> a general distrust of government, followed by a distrust of   
   ->  ->  FS> *all* authority.  Then the so-called "counter culture" came   
   ->  ->  FS> up with expressions later dubbed "politically-correct",   
   ->  ->  FS> i.e., those expressions they agreed with.   
   ->  ->   
   ->  ->  The oldest usage of politically correct I have encountered was   
   ->  ->  in the book, I Claudius, which was written in 1934.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> Ha!  Claudius was an ancient Roman hence was probably dead -- or at   
   ->  FS> least so elderly as to be helpless and unable to speak -- in 1934.   
   ->    
   ->  FS> Q.E.D. I win yet ANOTHER debate!!   
   ->    
   -> Not hardly. I Claudius was a book about (marginally about) the Roman   
   Emperor -   
   -> and his ol' lady, Messilina, who really, really, really liked sailors.   
   ->    
   -> So, your statement is a net loss.   
      
   I refuse to accept defeat, hence can never be defeated ... [smug] ...   
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