10-15-2011, 07:06 AM
I think only western Euro/Americans even give a s**t about this. We're so wrapped up in collective historical guilt that we think other peoples must be equally horrified at our past. In reality, they probably find the BC/AD system a convenient way to date things internationally. Our insistence that our dating system (among many other practices) should be altered to show our benevolence toward other cultures is probably just another instance of our conviction that we are the greatest, most importnt thing that ever happened to anybody, anywhere in the world.
