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 uucp: ...decvax!duke!mcnc!uvacs!jnwVAL CSnet: jnwVAL@uvacs Arpa: jnwVAL.uvacs@udel-relay