Good post, Jim. Wisely said, I must confess. :-) Take care.
Marcus On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:22:57 Jim Elwell wrote: >At 06:38 PM 6 October 2002 +0800, Mike Joy wrote: >>It was only that guy's own selfishness that he refused to use metric >>scales. He had no care for the large number of visitors from Europe and the >>metric world. He certainly had no care for wanting to enhance his own >>country's image in the eyes of the world. > >It may have been selfish, but since when is that an actionable offense? Why >does he have some obligation to Europeans visiting his country? If he does >not cater to them, they will buy from his competitors. So what? > >>The fact that Europeans shake their heads in disbelief or even laugh at how >>Britain wants to keep living in the dark ages doesn't bother him at all. > >And why should it? Do Europeans have some superiority over the British? >Something, say, that the British do not have over the Europeans? > >>If an American embarrassed America in any way, such as burning a US flag in >>front of a TV camera, you would expect him to go to jail - violation of >>human rights or not. > >Actually, this not untrue. You can stand on the steps of the US Supreme >Court and burn an American flag and you will not be jailed -- the Supreme >Court itself has ruled that that is an expression of political speech and >may not be contravened. > >*** > >No one person can make a fool of a country -- he can only make a fool of >him/herself. Anyone who judges an entire country based on the actions of >one person is very naive. There is no country that does not have fools, >there is no country that does not wise people, and, unfortunately, there is >no country devoid of those willing to judge people they have never met and >whose motives they do not understand. > > >Jim Elwell, CAMS >Electrical Engineer >Industrial manufacturing manager >Salt Lake City, Utah, USA >www.qsicorp.com > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
