[USMA:36700] Re: Countering the "heritage" argument.

[Remek Kocz]

You know what I'm getting at.  As American as _______.  Fill in the blank. 

On 4/30/06, Martin Vlietstra < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

The following was lifted from "Quotes Falsely Attributed" (to Winston Churchill)

URL: http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=112

 

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"Rum, sodomy and the lash"
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. - -- Churchill's assistant, Anthony Montague-Browne said that although Churchill had not uttered these words, he wished he had.

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Maybe there is a similar argument for customary units being "as American as apple pie"

----- Original Message -----

From: Remek Kocz

To: U.S. Metric Association

Cc: U.S. Metric Association

Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 4:19 PM

Subject: [USMA:36693] Countering the "heritage" argument.

I find that most of the positions against metric are pretty easy to rebuff.  But how does one counter the argument that USC is part of our heritage, that it's as American as apple pie?  The patriot card seems to be the toughest one to beat, even though one could bring up the fact that the current measuring system is defined exclusively in metric, or that the US has been a significant participant and contributor to the development of SI.