David H. Burns wrote:
> Did you read the accompanying text on Wiki? The term "Bible Belt" is a 
> derisive term

Not any more. Indeed, 25 years after it was coined, the president didn't 
seem to have any problem using the term. I would imagine that after 90 or so 
years of common usage, it may very well have lost its sting for most people, 
including all those foreign countries that decided it was a good term to adopt.

And the page didn't say anything about it being derisive, but merely about 
it being coined.

You really don't have to act offended or disgusted by someone using the same 
terminology that Truman used 50 years ago. Unless, of course, offense is a 
smokescreen for lack of content. ;-)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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