I didn't misinterpret it. What you say below confirms that I interpreted it
correctly.
However, enough already.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: November 24, 2000 13:34
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9338] RE: The 2001 Almanac for Farmers and City Folk,
> pp.115-116
>
>
> 2000-11-24
>
> I said: "So, when I say everyone, American and other, on this
> list knows I'm
> right, I mean it." You are right, I was not referring to the American
> public, but to the people on this list. How could you misinterpret that?
> And what is there to object about? I believe people on this list have
> experienced what I have been referring to and know it to be true.
> I believe
> they would be afraid to admit it (even to themselves) because they don't
> want to be labeled as "America haters" by their fellow citizens. Or worse
> yet have someone vandalize their property or harm their families.
> So, like
> good sheep, they go with the flow.
>
> John
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Bill Potts
> Sent: Friday, 2000-11-24 15:46
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9336] RE: The 2001 Almanac for Farmers and City Folk,
> pp.115-116
>
>
> John:
>
> You accused the members of this list, not only of knowing you're
> right, but
> of being afraid to admit it to themselves.
>
> It's that latter part I really object to. In that statement, you weren't
> talking about the American public; you were talking about us, on
> this list.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> San Jose, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kilopascal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: November 24, 2000 11:25
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: RE: [USMA:9329] RE: The 2001 Almanac for Farmers and
> City Folk,
> > pp.115-116
> >
> >
> > 2000-11-24
> >
> > Well Bill, it isn't a matter of reading minds. In this case,
> we all know
> > how Americans in general feel about themselves as a nation and
> > the how they
> > fit in with the rest of the world. There is a strong feeling of
> arrogance
> > and superiority in this country. You know it as well as I do. If you
> > don't, then you are either very isolated or have chosen to block
> or filter
> > it out.
> >
> > I have not met one fellow countryman who does not feel to some
> degree that
> > the US is above everyone else, and the world should be following
> > the US and
> > the US the world. I do travel a lot on business, and have been
> > all over the
> > country, and the beliefs are basically the same no matter what
> the region.
> >
> > So, when I say everyone, American and other, on this list knows
> I right, I
> > mean it. Unless I am shown differently by many experiences
> that this has
> > changed, I will not change how I feel on this subject.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Bill Potts
> > Sent: Friday, 2000-11-24 13:21
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:9329] RE: The 2001 Almanac for Farmers and City Folk,
> > pp.115-116
> >
> >
> > John Schweisthal wrote:
> > > The truth is everyone on this list knows I'm right and are
> > afraid to admit
> > it, even to
> > > themselves.
> >
> > Gee, John, I'm so impressed that you can read everyone's mind.
> >
> > Bill Potts, CMS
> > San Jose, CA
> > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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