[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/1/2007 7:20:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I was talking in the sense that we use a nomenclature that refers to > things as B.C. and A.D, with the implicit recognition that our counting > of years, forwards or backwards is based on the year Christ was born. > > Tom C.
> ========== > Actually, Tom that is very non-PC now. It is now CE and BCE. Very non-PC? From that very Wikipedia posting: "Some criticize Common Era notation as a euphemism that does not alter the pivotal year one still centering on the life of Jesus. Many others criticize the notation as an unnecessary attempt at political correctness." > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era > > I think I came across something else recently that was even different from > that. > > But notations they are definitely changing. Especially since a large part of > the world, and increasingly in the part of the world that was, is not > Christian. I'd venture that those sentiments are indicative of ONE of America's problems, namely that we care so dang much about what OTHERs think, and especially, making allowances therefor. The use of BC and AD is merely honoring ancient convention, not proselytizing. > Marnie aka Doe Hmmm, not my best sentence. If it makes sense, it's okay! ;-) keith -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
