2002-06-21 The people who run the media are part of the masses. They may not be stupid, but they are ignorant and I'd bet non-caring of correct mathematical and metric practices. And thus their errors are passed onto the masses who follow the media. A never ending circle.
The media should be made to realise that proper use of SI and its notations are just as important as spelling and grammar. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2002-06-21 17:06 Subject: [USMA:20553] Re: Comments on flawless documents > I don't follow you on this one -- are you saying that masses of people are > stupid and follow anything the media say? Is the media trying to promote > improper metric usage? > > At 11:02 PM 6/21/2002 +0200, Wizard of OS wrote: > >there is no harm but you should know that the mass is stupid and the it > >believes almost everything what the media say them! > > > >that's the point! >
