Re: My local Missouri morons are at it again.

"George" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Jean" <jean.lenior@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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George a écrit dans le message ...

"Jean" <jean.lenior@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A legal standard for dating is needed. Using AD or BC does not
interfere
with an university using BP in the geology department or any other
dating
system for scientific use.

Umm, what part of "Neither the state, nor any political subdivision,
shall
use any
other designation", do you not understand?

George



Yes I do ! It is obvious that you do not!!

JL

Obviously, you don't understand. Our state universities are part of the
State government. Which means, according to the wording of that law, they
would be required to use AD and BC in all of their publications. This is
clearly a case of trying to force science (and society at large) to revert
back to "the good ole days". It is yet another attempt by bigoted
Christians to usurp secular society by forcing their beliefs on believers
and non-believers alike. It's absurd (and probably a violation of our
constitutional rights), and shouldn't be allowed.

OK, I agree - it's absurd. It's about as absurd as the move to stop using
BC/AD was in the first place, considering that the terms were very
recognizable to everybody. I mean, really, what's the big deal? Were
unsuspecting non-Christians going to be subversively converted to
Christianity because of BC/AD? Did it hurt people's feelings? Give me a
break. I'm an atheist myself, yet somehow I still slept at night, even
while knowing that religious references were defining our calendar
terminology. OH, the HORROR!


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