http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world It's a historical term, and one that hasn't been widely considered to be

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world It's a historical term, and one that hasn't been widely considered to be insensitive. You can argue that it is, but arguing that people using it are is just being ignorant of history.