The terms DO refer to an earlier cold war era and are now largely defunct...and yes they do carry a negative connotation...I was simply trying to be mopre diplomatic and look for a term less derogatory than "backwards"...but I guess since I was forced to define what I meant anyways it didn't really help.

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