From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!uvacs!jnwVAL
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Re: Christmas
Article-I.D.: uvacs.378
Posted: Thu Jan 13 11:30:37 1983
Received: Sat Jan 15 04:16:35 1983

I find it amazing that people will submit articles to net.followup, or for
that matter any net group and make misleading statements without having
done thorough research.

In (tektronix.892) we are told (incorrectly) that BC `NEVER meant [before
Christ].' The Second College Edition of the Webster New World Dictionary
lists `Before Christ' and `British Columbia' as its only two meanings for
B.C.  I think you can guess which one is relevant here.

In (yale-com.644) we are told (misleadingly) that `BCE != Before the
Christian Era.' While Webster does indeed list B.C.E. as meaning `Before
the Common Era', if one looks up `Common Era', one finds it is `same as [in
italics] Christian Era.'  I don't think it too much to ask that we accept
either of these as a reasonable meaning.

My point??  Although we cannot prevent net discussions which some will feel
are garbage,  we can prevent incorrect or misleading statements from being
sent.  Before providing answers to net questions, and especially before
flaming, please make sure your facts are straight.

				joe wilson
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