2002-01-07
Can you supply a link to the page? I tried the search engine route and keep getting sent to http://www.nationalgeographic.com But, there is no Forum listed in the indexes. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-01-07 11:54 Subject: [USMA:17321] The NGS forum is terrifying! > Jim, I just read your well-reasoned piece (with the zinger at the end, heh, > heh). That forum terrifies me, as nearly all of the other posters kept > nattering on about how the EU is either: [1] a satanic plot; [2] a > communist conspiracy; [3] a fulfillment of apocalyptic prophecy; [4] a > creation of the "Illuminati"; or [5] the "New World Order." > > I advise everyone, but especially the non-Americans on this list, to take a > look at the forum (simply type in "National Geographic Society" in a search > engine; the forum is devoted to the article on the EU in the January 2002 > issue). You will get a glimpse of the abysmal ignorance of the American > masses. I don't think we can ever persuade these people to go metric. The > pressure to metricate must come from outside, from the EU and Japan. -- > Jason > >
