Akash Mehta wrote:
Well, the E should really be an option for political
correctness, but
at the same time we can't force it upon users since there must be many
Christians out there who believe that 'before christ' is more
appropriate than 'before common era'.
There are non-Christians who believe this too, because the claim that
it's a "common era" is patently false.
If there was an option in
preferences, and the <bc> / <ad> tags displayed the correct variation
appropriately it would be best.
You're free to display it however you want.
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