2002-03-14 Sorry Bill,
I thought you were being facetious. I guess I deserve a spanking. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2002-03-14 03:53 Subject: [USMA:18750] Re: Missing Middle > I did. That's why I came to your defense. > > I was telling Jim E. that he was making an uncharacteristic leap of logic, > not you. > > Maybe you should read what I said. > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of kilopascal > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 21:14 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:18746] Re: Missing Middle > > > 2002-03-14 > > Bill, > > Read what I said in USMA 18741. > > If I may expand on what on was saying there. We on this list server say the > public doesn't know FFU. And they may not, except for a few basic units. > But, they think they know FFU. And thus they are not going to be anti-FFU. > > There is a big difference between not knowing something and admitting to not > knowing it and to not knowing something or not knowing it well, yet claiming > to know it. > > John > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, 2002-03-13 19:05 > Subject: [USMA:18745] Re: Missing Middle > > > > In John's defense, he does claim that most (American) people don't > actually > > know FFU -- but that they are NOT anti-FFU. > > > > You are, uncharacteristically, making a leap of logic. > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Jim Elwell > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 15:35 > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > Subject: [USMA:18743] Re: Missing Middle > > > > > > At 06:12 PM 3 March2002 -0500, kilopascal wrote: > > >Would be...Could be....if....maybe. You could say that about any > subject. > > >If everybody had been educated in 3 languages instead of just one, we > would > > >all be tri-lingual too. But, we weren't, and so we aren't. And > extending > > >the logic to metric, the people are not knowledgeable of metric and > > >therefore oppose it. > > > > By John's logic: > > > > (A) if you don't know French, you are anti-French > > (B) if you don't know German, you are anti-German > > (C) if you don't know Russian, you are anti-Russian > > (D) if you don't know Swahili, you are anti-African > > (E) etc. > > > > If you believe John, then you must think most people are a bunch of > > racists, as well as being anti-metric. > > > > Jim Elwell > > > > >
