There should be a simple law: in any transaction, if 1 party asks it to be conducted in metric, the transaction should be conducted in metric. The offended party should get the right to sue the offender, who refuses to conduct the transaction in metric for > $1000000/transaction indexed to inflation.
I refuse giving money or paying subscription to any entity that publishes in non-metric units. If wikipédia publishes in non-metric units, I encourage giving them 0. You should cc your letter to Jeff bezos ([email protected]) Den lör 9 maj 2020 23:18Michael Payne <[email protected]> skrev: > Hello, > > I wrote to the Washington Post around the 7th April 2020 regarding your > changing the social distancing from 2 metres to 6 feet in an article on New > Zealand (This now becomes Fake News). Now I see you've censored the article > *Over > 1,000 queue for food in Geneva* by changing 1 kilometer to more than half > a mile in the original Reuters article. > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnation%2F2020%2F05%2F09%2Fcoronavirus-update-us%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C093a7b0f82c748605ef808d7f4e22871%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637247124486218976&sdata=eS5a%2FHchVw%2BzpblDlfq9h0jiedsrN5RFI8Bl%2Fzu17Ak%3D&reserved=0 > <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnation%2F2020%2F05%2F09%2Fcoronavirus-update-us%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C093a7b0f82c748605ef808d7f4e22871%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637247124486218976&sdata=eS5a%2FHchVw%2BzpblDlfq9h0jiedsrN5RFI8Bl%2Fzu17Ak%3D&reserved=0> > > I subscribe to the Washington Post, I understand the United States does > not use metric units in everyday life, but I refuse to condone your > censoring stories from elsewhere to match your Style Guide, which is > obviously out of date. > > I know Hospitals in the United States use kilograms and Celsius for all > patients. All Pilots and Air Traffic controllers in the United States use > Celsius *only* for temperature at every airport in the United States. > Every mechanic who works on a car or airplane uses millimeters because > that's what size all the bolts and clearances are. I could go on, many many > people in the United States understand and use the metric system every day, > except the Washington Post ! > > I believe in supporting good journalism, but I'm not going to put up with > your censoring articles to omit the units I prefer. > > I've cancelling my subscription which renews the 25 May. > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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