The Bible told them to...

Around the middle of the 19th century, a sailor who circumnavigated the globe on an American ship of discovery wrote: "I confess myself anxious to inspire you, my dear friend, with some little enthusiasm in the cause of geographical science. As you peruse these pages, I trust that they will awaken in your heart an endearing love for the sublime and beautiful in God's wonderful creation, and that they will bring you to earnest sympathy with those fearless pioneers of civilization who go forth in contempt of danger and death to add to the sum of man's knowledge of the world,to widen the boundaries of civilized existence, and to obey the first and last command of Almighty God, who has decreed that this earth shall be subdued and the Gospel preached to every creature."

Unbelievable that they be called murderers - all those men who explored and conquered unknown worlds. More unbelievable the wordy crap that flows out of my radio waves each and every morning. The phrase, "corrected exercises," was used to define an offering from a chiropractic and wellness center. Another phrase," Ohio intimate partner collaborative," was used to define an initiative during October's domestic violence awareness month.

Let's hope that the explorers of outer space in the future, do not carry with them our prevalent "political correctness" of mushy speech or they will probably suffer the same fate as those pesky, uncooperative natives of times past.