Political Correctness has been helpful in building awareness of hurtful, prejudicial epithets, but it should NEVER inhibit free speech concerning verifiable, well-documented historical events, no matter how "uncomfort- able" or unpopular such a topic may prove to be. The aim should be to avoid "spin"--not to construct one myth to counter another. The current trend is to applaud Indian "resistance" to oppression, while sugar-coating the violent tactics employed. Terrorism needs to be studied in depth as a valid, specific tactic used by many ethnic groups through the ages, and it will never be understood if it remains a "dirty" word used only to condemn, rather than to explain, behavior, with little concern for historical context. Fred Fausz St. Louis To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html