third world spectacles

why are some quarters afraid of the phrase third world? what's wrong it? I think that there is too much smoothening over of our language in order to accommodate certain sectors who cannot understand nor accept the need for a new economic order. actually i developed my tw perspective in my m a years at the ateneo de manila university. i had jesuit priest-mentors from south asia who were really steeped in philosophy and liberation theology. they were extremely conscious of the fact that there were rich and poor in this world and that everyone can make a move to equalize that.