Re: Objectionable material for children

[K Street]

Julia Thompson wrote (concerning Farhenheit):
> About the only thing you can say for it is that that's just what some of
> us were raised with, and that's what we're used to thinking in terms of.


I was raised with Celsius, so it's always a strange experience watching
American weather reports, with (what sounds like) incredibly high
temperatures. It's kind of jarring to come across measurements in feet
and Farhenheit when reading magazines like "National Geographic," too.
Through long association they've come to seem like "our" magazines, but
the Imperial references are a reminder that they come from another
country. 

It's odd, actually: with our cultures so totally in sync it seems
quite natural to talk about Madonna or George Bush, but that measurement
system is still a barrier.

Kevin Street