Hello, I have a little comment about socialization, communism, and the metric system...
> > Metrication of road signs is a major step forward in the socialisation of > > metric units - (snip) > As a result of the Cold War, the terms socialise and socialism have such a negative connotation in the > US psyche, that despite the fact you don't mean > them in a negative way... ...and despite the fact that he was not talking about socialism at all. Anyway, I agree that most americans aren't familiar with the term "socialization" and may interpret it as having something to do with "socialism", which is generally a bad word here. My first reaction to the cowboy quote was that the quote was a piece of satire, but it very well may have been serious. Assuming that it is serious, it just shows how ignorant some persons can be about their own country... 1) globalization has been largely driven by (American) capitalism 2) the USA itself is a model of internationalism, where one society was formed by merging together numerous nationalities. Unfortunately, there is that of ignorance and xenophobia out there, and there's probably very little that a person can do to make their message palatable to those types of individuals; stupidity can be very unpredictable. have a good one, Adam -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze
