----- Original Message ----- From: "millitesla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-02-16 10:30 Subject: Re: Happy New Year! Maybe THIS is the ye [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]
> This won't be the year, nor any time soon. With the increase of American arrogance, especially as a result of the incidence of 2001-09-11, you will see a greater resistance among Americans to adopt any idea that has foreign origins. > > Americans will go out of their was to pressure the rest of the world to accept FFU as an acceptable system of measurements and standards. > > Metric (SI) is more than just a system of weights and measures, it is the foundation of the standards regulations of the ISO and IEC. All or most American standards are all based on FFU. Promoting FFU world-wide is tantamount to promoting the use of American Standards in a world that adides by the ISO and IEC standards bodies. It is in the US's interest to promote its entire systems of standards world-wide if it is to have the control it desires. > > Adopting metric standards and measures will be a compromise and the Americans in their desire to control the world will accept no compromise. They will fight to victory to establish the presence of FFU world-wide and wipe metric off the face of the earth. > > Mark my words! > > --------------------------------------------- > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > --------------------------------------------- > You have chosen to receive messages from "Metric America" by email. > > Reply to this message: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=metricamerica &sid=12177109&mid=1092 > > Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/config/change_mb_list > > Return to "Metric America": > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica > ---------------------------------------------- > > Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=millitesla&.g roupID=metricamerica&.groupType=&.code=kqkKEmys7C >
