One of the paragraphs in this display read "Dean Krakel thinks metric is more about Marxism than measurement. As director of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma, Krakel is waging a war against metric on political grounds. In this 1977 clip from As It Happens, he says it reflects "the philosophical way communists want one of everything" - one world, one monetary system, one educational system and, now, one measurement system. "We're Americans, we're different. We're individualistic, we're strong," he says with passion"
When I was living in South Africa, anything that the Apartheid government disapproved of was a "communist and liberalist plot". The Apartheid government introduced the metric system. Who do we believe - Dean Krakel or the South African Apartheid government, or were both just using the threat of communism to further their own ideology? _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Hudnall Sent: 08 January 2008 02:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40014] CBC Metric Transition Archive The CBC has put a link to their digital archive of pieces on Canada's transition to metric on their homepage (http://www.cbc.ca/). As this page is rather dynamic, you can link to the archive directly athttp://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-1572/science_technology/metric_system/ . Interesting this topic is being revisited as a front-page topic by the CBC :) -- Scott Hudnall Seattle, WA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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