David Gerard wrote:
On 05/09/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/5/06, Guettarda guettarda@gmail.com wrote:
As to the second argument - did anyone ever provide any evidence to back up the assertion that BCE/CE in academe was a US thing, with non-US academics using BC/AD?
I ran seachers on the journal databases I had acess to. BCE didn't really feature US or otherwise.
Hah. So those claiming it was the standard practice in US academia should in fact be required to produce their evidence?
Of course one deeds to remember that there are societies, such as the one outraged by Janet Jackson's breast, where political correctness is more important than personal freedom. :-)
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