2001-03-11
Please find attached a Wall Street Journal article (decline.doc) concerning
the decline and fall of British public services. The article does not
directly deal with metrication, in fact never mentions it, but exposes the
high degree of illiteracy in British adult life. It points out that "A 1999
study found that one in five British adults can not count their change".
This being the case, no wonder people can't measure. Learning metric in
schools doesn't guarantee it will be remembered or used in life, nor is
there any proof that choosing or spouting off imperial units means one knows
them well enough to work in them or give correct answers when asked.
Simplified forms of Imperial developed over time primarily for the ignorant,
illiterate, innumerate and unintelligent masses. Is it no wonder that with
the chaos in British institutions of learning, the public prefers these old
units!
I wonder how many people would feel ashamed if they realised that imperial
is an hodge-podge of units for lowest dregs of society. The only use of
these units by the people at the top is a means to cheat the people at the
bottom. But, because of their choice to be ignorant, they don't see it.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
DECLINE.doc
