RE: [OT] Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?

From: Peter Constable (petercon@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Dec 21 2007 - 11:21:55 CST

  • Next message: David Starner: "Re: [OT] Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?"

    The thread was clearly identified as off-topic. I didn't take it off topic; this isn't the first time this list has had off-topic posts, and I suspect we can find several occasions on which a discussion on this list has gone further off topic for a longer period of time. I find it odd that this brief stray off topic wouldn't be tolerated when longer posts in longer threads on more-off-topic subjects have been tolerated.

    Also, it has relevance for this list in so far as it pertains to exchange of ideas on this list.

    Peter

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: David Starner [mailto:prosfilaes@gmail.com]
    > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:47 AM
    > To: Peter Constable
    > Cc: Unicode Discussion
    > Subject: Re: [OT] Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC
    > and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?
    >
    > On Dec 21, 2007 9:48 AM, Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com> wrote:
    > > > I believe tolerance is about how we treat people, not how we treat
    > > > ideas.
    > >
    > > ++1. I think our society has a bit of a philosophic illness that
    > mixes that up, and that says that ideas need to be tolerated unless
    > they contradict the proposition that ideas need to be tolerated.
    >
    > And why is this on-topic?



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