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To: BrooklynGOP
The letter said:

The Maccabee revolt happened in 165 B.C.E. (Before Common Era) to those it matters most to; saying 165 B.C. (Before Christ) is a bit of a smack in the face.

You wrote:

What's wrong with that?

And then some irrelevant stuff about how they can be interchanged.

Talk about playing dumb. Or are you playing, at all?

114 posted on 12/25/2001 10:00:20 AM PST by madrussian
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To: madrussian
What's wrong with that? And then some irrelevant stuff about how they can be interchanged.

I was referring to the whole BC/BCE concept. What's more I even mentioned that it was taught to me in college, just so you would know that I wasn't discussing this _particular_ case.

116 posted on 12/25/2001 10:24:02 AM PST by BrooklynGOP
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