Interesting take, Stan. I saw it as revering to archaic terminology,
because the public would not accept change. BTW, it is called
Hansen's now because he was the first to study and understand the
mechanisms of the disease.
Now that I think about it. Hansen's does sound more PC. Makes it
sound like a mycobacterium infection that can be treated with
antibiotics rather than some plague of unknown origin. ;-)
Scott
On 2007-05 -21, at 23:57 , STANLEY DOORE wrote:
Dobbs is correct in using "leprosy" rather than Hansen's Disease.
The name change to Hansen's Disease is just another example of
political correctness used to mislead the public in understanding
and to avoid reality.
That's why it's so difficult to get people to think and use the
SI.
Regards, Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Hudnall
To: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:42 AM
Subject: [USMA:38750] Rumblings: the US press
I was watching CNN the other night, and it really hit me how much
the US press "dumbs down" the news - and not just converting metric
to imperial measures. Lou Dobbs did a segment on the surge in
Hansen's Disease cases among illegal immigrants. In his opening
remarks, he stated "leprosy, now called Hansen's Disease......"
then proceeded to call it "leprosy" throughout the segment. If it
is now called Hansen's Disease, why not call it such? If a
measurement is stated in metric, why not quote it as such? I got
more than a little frustrated with CNN on this one. I guess the
"soft bigotry of low expectations" is alive and well at CNN.
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Scott Hudnall
Seattle, WA USA
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