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    ->>  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!!   
      
    DD> Not hardly. I Claudius was a book about (marginally about)   
    DD> the Roman Emperor - and his ol' lady, Messilina, who   
    DD> really, really, really liked sailors.   
      
    And a few others who liked killing people and such.   
      
    DD> So, your statement is a net loss.   
      
    Not if it's funny enough.   
      
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