From Tokyo to Seattle, via Moscow and Pretoria, it’s mostly agreed that this is year 2007. Talk about cultural imperialism.

Well, I like Jesus, he was a nice guy (turning the other cheek, not judging and all that) – but I really don’t agree with any of the fairytales about him being the son of the magical being who created this here earth we live on. Get real, please.

So, why should the supposed date of his birth (which we’ve gotten wrong, anyway) be the basis for the whole planet’s calendar? Ridiculous.

So I propose the following: why not take the birth of democracy as our starting point?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleisthenes

In 507 or 508 (BC, sorry), the Ancient Greeks put a pretty good idea into practice, and suddenly, democracy was born. I think this would be a much, much better starting point for our calendars than some myth that not only a lot of people don’t believe, but that has nothing to do with most people on the planet.

Any other suggestions for good starting points for our current calendar?