Those who posted on the IT forum are a lovely bunch indeed, all of them exactly as John described them. That thread is closed now. Yet, I am not willing to tar all Americans with the same brush. I have encountered both the Ugly Americans and the internationally thinking Americans, usually when I was in Ireland and on the internet. In my own country, two examples of the second category. On a day trip to the southwest, I met an American who 100% supported SI. In 1972 a brother of mine was marrying; another brother took an American girl home with him. She was not one of those who live for 10 years in a metric environment and just only use and know ifp when they leave. No, she was militantly pro-metric. On these forums you always see the same people who post, either the Ugly Americans or their decent opposite. I put my hope in the latter and may they prevail in the end. But is is because of the Ugly Americans (UA) I think that the attitude of the Maporama people is so disgusting and craven. These French people have not a drop of self esteem in their body and so they gave in to that category when the UA and the UB demanded ifp on that site and made their website a crying shame! And the Cousteaus were of the same ilk. Has anybody seen their films? They are as beautiful as NGM is. However: what units did they use in their French-accented English? The same units you find in the American edition of the NGM!
Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-03-03 20:29 Subject: [USMA:18512] Re: "Units of Measurement" thread 2002-03-02 .....Americans have become global thinkers..... What Americans are you referring to? Certainly not the citizens of the United States? Who are you trying to hose? What a laugh! <snip>
