Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
> > one or two whole centuries of AC history 

> What's AC history?

  The other side of BC?

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Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Maybe not, but the cake *is* a lie.

  How do you know? Do you have any supporting evidence, other than a madman's
writings on a wall?

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> clipka wrote:
>>> one or two whole centuries of AC history 
> 
>> What's AC history?
> 
>   The other side of BC?

That was my guess, but we call that "AD" in the USA.

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> clipka wrote:
> >>> one or two whole centuries of AC history 
> > 
> >> What's AC history?
> > 
> >   The other side of BC?

> That was my guess, but we call that "AD" in the USA.

  I thought "CE" was more politically correct currently. Or is that only in
Europe?

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On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:41:40 +0200, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Maybe not, but the cake *is* a lie.
>
>   How do you know? Do you have any supporting evidence, other than a  
> madman's writings on a wall?

Ironically, there *was* cake at the end.



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>>> I wonder if 50 years from now there will be people "9/11 deniers" who 
>>> seriously claim there was never a World Trade Center at all, and the 
>>> whole collapse was just made up. (As in now we have holocaust 
>>> deniers, in other words.)
>>
>> We have those *today*, never mind in 50 years time.
> 
> I don't think we have people claiming the buildings were never there to 
> be knocked down in the first place.  We just have people thinking they 
> weren't knocked down by the people the government says knocked them down.

I've seen people claiming that hitting the buildings with a jet plane 
wouldn't level them, and that they were actually rigged with explosives. 
Crazy stuff like that...

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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>>>> clipka wrote:
>>>>> one or two whole centuries of AC history 
>>>> What's AC history?
>>>   The other side of BC?
> 
>> That was my guess, but we call that "AD" in the USA.
> 
>   I thought "CE" was more politically correct currently. Or is that only in
> Europe?
> 
No, some try to use that in the US also.

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Tim Attwood wrote:
>> I wonder if 50 years from now there will be people "9/11 deniers" who 
>> seriously claim there was never a World Trade Center at all, and the 
>> whole collapse was just made up. (As in now we have holocaust deniers, 
>> in other words.)
> 
> During WWI the Germans blew up the Black Tom ammo dump in NY harbor, the 
> explosion damaged the statue of liberty and shrapnel set fires in Jersey 
> City. The blast was so large it registered more than
> 5.0 on the Richter scale, broke thousands of windows in Manhattan,
> and was felt in Philadelphia.

I have read of the Halifax explosion, but did not know of Black Tom 
Island. It was interesting to read on the internet about it.

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Warp wrote:
>   I thought "CE" was more politically correct currently. Or is that only in
> Europe?

No, some people use that here too. I've never even heard of someone being 
offended by "BCE" and "CE" here, which is kind of odd now that I think of 
it. :-)

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Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   I thought "CE" was more politically correct currently. Or is that 
>> only in
>> Europe?
> 
> No, some people use that here too. I've never even heard of someone 
> being offended by "BCE" and "CE" here, which is kind of odd now that I 
> think of it. :-)
> 
The use BCE and CE are the result of denial.:)

David

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