Vectorsnrasterss wrote in USMA 17909: >John, you're obviously a very intelligent fellow, but once again, we are >polarizing Metric (and SI) into an issue of US patriotism vs. >anti-Americanism. > >How we handle the Argentine economic crisiis, > >*if* we should we handle it, > >and, indeed, the USA's politcal track record overall are not germain to a >+++metric+++ discussion list. > >I'm also a little tired, frankly, of the assertion by a number of us that >our crass failure to metricate is part of an American agendum of global >disobedience and nationalist spite. This is as idiotic as those trogs who >believe that SI is a plot to destroy our identity as USAmericans...in >fact, it's the same absurdity played backward. > >(Anyway, that's my 2 centimetres' worth) >Randi
Well said, Randi! Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
