[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Nondenominational calendar patch

[Sam Barnett-Cormack <sambc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Eric S. Raymond wrote:

> This patch makes all necessary changes to go fom BC/AD (Before
> Christ/Anno Domini) to BCE/CE (Before Common Era/Common Era).  A good
> thing unless we want to assume that all Freeciv's future users will
> be Christians.

I cannot agree - I feel we will alienate more people (still not many) by
using terms they do not understand, than we will be using a epoch
reference they disagree with. Most people who would 'disagree' with
BC/AD won't be offended - they will go "shucks, there's another one"
and get on with their life - quite likely still playing freeciv. Why
will they not care? Because - this happens *all* the time.

Maybe the usage should change. A computer game is not the place to
catalyze this change.

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Sam Barnett-Cormack