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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

Post(Anti?)-Christian Political Correctness

The Daily Telegraph reports how "Before Christ" (BC) was replaced with "Before Common Era" (BCE) from a recent English Language and Literacy Assessment (ELLA) test in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The literacy test history books with the ammended dates offered footnotes to explain what BCE meant. They'd have to because, apparently, the term is only used "in international scientific, academic and museum contexts."

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