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David Gerard wrote: <snip>
FoF 6:
- "CE" or Common Era has recently come to be preferred among scholars and
those who seek to avoid offense in inter-cultural dialog. "AD" spelled out in its full original form is Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ) and thus potentially offensive, see research by El_C.
FoF 6.01:
6.01) "CE" or Common Era has recently come to be preferred among certain portions of US academia and those who claim to seek to avoid offense in inter-cultural dialog. "AD" spelled out in its full original form is Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ) and thus regarded by them as potentially offensive, see research by El_C. This does not necessarily hold elsewhere, e.g. in UK academia.
Not sure about "recently", but 6.01 explains who is pushing this particular POV a whole lot better.
This sort of thing is why I am profoundly sceptical that content arbitration will not be an utter, utter disaster and just another hammer to use in pushing a POV.
Which is exactly what content arbitration should avoid. Civility and NPOV are the goals, aren't they?
- d.
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