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| : Why BCE is offensive is a long story, not so much the actual initials or what they stand for, it has more to do with antipathy between the parties who would replace BC and AD with BCE and CE... BC and AD were used for centuries, but the newer initials first cropped up in the later 20th C (70's or 80's) in the journals of revisionists and Marxists with a decidedly minimalist bent. Resistance to the change is widespread, quite recently I saw a news article on Google about this very issue raging in Australia, and the uproar was great enough to stop the new-fangled initials from appearing in government schoolbooks. So rest assured, it isn't only myself who would object to their use. Probably safest not to stir up this whole can of worms... --Regards, ] 13:30, 7 May 2005 (UTC) | |||
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Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Just wanted to quickly thank you for your valuable edits in the above-mentioned three pages and for your willingness to involve yourself "in my dispute with Rovoam" ;-) I don't feel alone in those pages now, and I am grateful to you for being my partner/counterpart in those pages and hopefully in many more pages in future. Bests.--Tabib 18:02, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
Why do you consider BCE offensive?
And good job on the Mitanni article, by the way.Yuber
- Thanks for the positive feedback...
- Why BCE is offensive is a long story, not so much the actual initials or what they stand for, it has more to do with antipathy between the parties who would replace BC and AD with BCE and CE... BC and AD were used for centuries, but the newer initials first cropped up in the later 20th C (70's or 80's) in the journals of revisionists and Marxists with a decidedly minimalist bent. Resistance to the change is widespread, quite recently I saw a news article on Google about this very issue raging in Australia, and the uproar was great enough to stop the new-fangled initials from appearing in government schoolbooks. So rest assured, it isn't only myself who would object to their use. Probably safest not to stir up this whole can of worms... --Regards, Codex Sinaiticus 13:30, 7 May 2005 (UTC)