No I am not a fanatic.
I am also not a fantasist
I also believe and recognise that the regular posters to the USMA forum do
not appreciate endless and frankly boring dialogue.
Thus I am going to limit my responses to you - or take them "offline" - in
order to avoid being responsible for polluting this site, as I recognise and
appreciate that at best my status here is one of "guest". It's called
showing some respect.
From: "Daniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [USMA:33474] Re: London terror
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 08:14:02 -0400
The point being made was that millions of people world-wide heard an
English woman saying metres. These people are not going to listen to radio
stations looking for people who don't say metres. The impression she would
leave in the minds of listeners is that the people of the UK freely and
casually speak metres.
We aren't using the occasion of the attacks to battle over units, but to
express an observation. Others have expressed the same observation.
Yes, if I am pro-metric and a fan of metric I could be called a fanatic. A
fanatic promotes his views. Just like you are a fanatic of imperial. If
you weren't you wouldn't be a daily poster to the BWMA site or here.
Dan
"The horror of the events in London today shouldn't be cheapened by
battles over measuring units "
But you've done just that with your fantasism.
I've said it before - tune in to any radio from the UK on the web and
listen that way.
Someone saying "metres" in these circumstances is trivial considering the
subject.
I, for one, am not going to further this with examples of other people
talking in a different way.
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