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Euric:
I see no point in responding. They're
sophomoric cheap shots, not worthy of a response (other than in a debating
contest where you might win a prize or at least some plaudits for your efforts).
The poster is obviously enamored of his or her (probably his) own sense of
humor.
He also appears to be creating straw men --
responding to points nobody has apparently raised. This is a technique
popular with religious fundamentalists and far right wing politicians. I try to
avoid direct responses to them, too.
If you are, in fact, raising points to which
he/she is responding, you would seem to have taken the bait. In that case, your
withdrawal from the dialogue might be perceived as retreating with your tail
between your legs.
Good luck.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
They are from the metricsucks site. I was hoping
some of you would come up with some clever responses that I could repost
back.
Euric
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, 2004-05-10 17:56
Subject: [USMA:29726] RE: Swim a
mile
Euric:
You're posting, without attribution,
messages apparently addressed to you.
It would be useful if you would say who
is sending them to you and within what forum.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
Euric,
I call on your superior advice yet again (sorry about this).
My local health authority is doing a "Swim a mile" competition. I
need to contact them to tell them that "The UK is a metric country" and
inform them that "only old people know imperial".
I should tell them to change the competition so that it says the
well used, often quoted and correcly pronounced "kilometre" instead of the
redundant "mile" that no-one uses.
What I fear is that with so many kids and young people getting
involved they might all start using "mile" in their day to day speach.
The swimming pool itself is definetly metric because its "olympic
length" and so any enthusiast could come along and use a tape measure down
its length to measure its in nice round �m. And maybe go for a swim too.
However I was horrified to see the depth expressed on shiny new
signs in feet and inches (with metric underneath, smaller). Considering
"The UK is a metric country" why do they think that kids will know their
height in ft/in? Of course they don't! That's about as likely as an
Australian surfer measuring his surfboard in inches!
We need to prevent this small outbreak of imperial measures, so I'd
like your advice on how to do this.
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