I just sent this to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Norm
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From: "Norman Werling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "John Walter Managing Editor Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
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Sent: 2001March06 16:20
Subject: Earthquake Damage Is Assessed in Northwest (2)
> To all of the editors of the
> Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
>
> Please click onto the link from the Los Angeles Times which appears at the
> end of this email. Please scroll to the 32nd paragraph after the
reporter's
> byline. Observe that he had the courtesy to include the measures given by
> the USGS in units of the International System, usually referred to as
> metric.
>
> I am one of your subscribers and am always insulted by the fact that you
> virtually omit all references to units of the International System (SI).
SI
> is the worldwide standard and the sooner the USA adopts and uses SI, the
> better. You and all news media are in the enviable position of being able
> to help educate Americans toward the inevitable day in which we must
> converse in SI.
>
> Certainly you realize that only those countries of the British
Commonwealth
> of nations plus the USA even actually used the so-called Imperial or its
> cousin, the so-called U.S. Customary.
>
> The United Kingdom is the final part of the British world which is now
> approaching its final stage of converting to SI. Only reactionary
elements
> in the United Kingdom are fighting a losing battle to forestall use of
SI.
> Virtually all consumer products in the UK are now SI. Within the next
> generation the roads will inevitably change from miles to kilometers.
>
> Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa have all completed the
> change to SI. Yes everything in the Olympics in Australia were reported
in
> SI and only Americans translated the track and field jumps into feet and
> inches. Should we be proud? I think not!
>
> The USA is the greatest impediment to Canada's completion of it conversion
> to SI. And the USA is shooting itself in the foot on the world economic
> stage by its stubborn and arrogant resistance to SI
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20010302/t000018483.html
>
> Thank you for your attention and I await your enlightened action,
>
> Norman Werling
> 1240 Hunters Drive
> Stone Mountain, GA 30083
> 404-292-9328
>
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