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"Indian country", not India. Tom Send a noteboard - 20/11/2012 03:43:18 PM
It's used as a general expression to describe hostile, barbarous places (like Afghanistan or Sudan, even today). I'm sure Cannoli was quite aware of where General Gordon served.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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