Yes, John, I'm evidently familiar with how the "average American" may feel when reading such trash. Nonetheless, I also find it to be our duty to counteract such insidious and subtle false arguments at least for the sake of those who may approach this with a more open mind. It's for their benefit that we should try to set the record straight IMHO.
Also, we should never let up and continue to strengthen our friends of the cause by reassuring them that such argumentations are groundless and should not be paid attention to. Marcus On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 00:14:15 kilopascal wrote: >2002-03-11 > >Unfortunately, Marcus, if you were to have every American read this document >and ask them if they agree or disagree with it, a vast majority would agree. >We find it hard to accept, but propaganda as such is what feeds the American >"patriot". Being the sole country using or fighting to continue to use FFU >is seen as a badge of honour. If America is alone in doing something that >the world has long ago abandoned it is even more reason to fight to keep it. >It is a matter of American pride. It is proof that America is right, always >right and everybody else is wrong. I have seen and read an increasing >number of editorials and articles in the newspaper over the past few weeks >expousing this very idea. That the US is in the right and everybody is >jealous of "our freedom". And that is why they hate the US so much. How do >you deal with such a attitude? > >In the past 6 months, the US vs. the world has taken a new twist. Instead >of the attacks humbling the US it had the opposite effect. America is more >arrogant and full of itself then ever before. And this attitude, more than >any argument of logic and reason for adopting metric, will be used not only >to try drive metric what little metric is in use out of the US, but to try >to force the world to deal with the US in FFU. > >And notice, the enemies of metric do not use the terms English System, or >American System, but Customary. It is an attempt to give this hodge-podge a >sense of being part of our customs, culture and history. And not only ours, >but all the peoples of the world, going all of the way back to the >beginnings of civilisation. > >I know nothing about the European Journal. Maybe someone more familiar with >the publication can tell us who owns it and what their policy on metric is. > >John > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, 2002-03-11 21:38 >Subject: [USMA:18686] Re: Yardstick March 2002 > > >> I've never read so much trash concocted in one piece of document! !@$%#$ >This piece of garbage below is so outrageous and so misinformed in so many >regards that I'm not sure I'll bother answering to it point-by-point. >> >> Thank goodness that it was produced by an idiot journalist, completely >devoid of hard facts and evidence, but only in fanaticism wishful thinking. >It's this kind of stupidity that keeps me fighting on! :-( It irks and >loathes me that a publication of the reputation of the European Journal >would dare publish such nonsense! >> >> Perhaps we should all contact this Journal to express our outrage. Alas, >I"m fuuuuuming mad! >> >> Marcus > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
