Great letter! When did this guy do his rant? I could only locate stuff
from last year. On Fox News, of course....
HARRY WYETH
On 9/8/20 3:20 PM, J McClellan wrote:
No doubt you're all familiar with James Panero and Tucker Carlsons ignorant
rant against SI in June of 2019. Panero got an earful from me.
James Panero
900 Broadway
Suite 602
New York, NY 10003
Mr. Panero:
I'm still not certain that your diatribe (along with Tucker Carlson) against
the SI (the metric system) wasn't some type of bizarre performance art. Why on
earth would anyone actively advocate for American ignorance? Do you know or
care to know how ridiculous you sounded?
Ignorance if the SI in the 21st century is noting to be proud of. Why insist we continue to keep Americans
"safe" from the metric system - like some type of "special needs nation"? We spend millions of
taxpayer dollars each year on time consuming, inefficient and often times dangerous conversions. Because of ignorance
of the SI, we outsource labor and manufacturing and import knowledge equally. We've isolated ourselves from the rest of
the globe by requiring goods and services provided in "our" units; ones that should've been relegated to
history books a century and a half ago. News flash - the Imperial "system" is dead - save for one global
industrial power who can't get their metric act together.
Frankly, the rest of the world views us as recalcitrant and foolish. Ignorance
makes for a lousy national identity.
However, take comfort in knowing that voices of ignorance and propaganda such
as your own still speak the loudest in the noble cause of defending
obsolescence assuring yet another generation of Americans incapable of entering
the sciences or manufacturing and that Americans such as myself are
systemically discouraged from using this rational, modern tool of quantifying
the world around them. Great job! You should be proud!
GO METRIC, AMERICA!
The World Is Waiting...
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