This fellow may have done Canadian metrication a service. He has offended
Canadians. It may cause Canadians to start thinking about the issue and then
behave accordingly when they go shopping, in the long run accelerating the
end of oz/lb and '454 g' pricing,
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Hebbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2001 May 26, 06:46
Subject: [USMA:13042] Antonio Davis Remarks (was Re: On a lighter note ...)
Hi John,
Here's a report on it from CBC Sports (sorry for URL wrap)...
http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/sportsView.cgi?/news/2001/05/25/Sports/davis
010525
"In an interview with American syndicated talk show host Jim Rome,
[Antonio] Davis [of the Toronto Raptors] said he was concerned that his two
young sons were learning the metric system and the Canadian national
anthem."
Also, from http://www.globeandmail.com (search on "metric")...
The Globe and Mail, Friday, May 25, 2001
Life in Canada worries Raptors
Davis intended no offence, agent says, but prospective free agent wonders
what affect Toronto education would have on children.
By David Leeder And Shawna Richer
TORONTO -- Toronto Raptors centre Antonio Davis says that playing basketball
in Canada presents concerns for his young children, such as mastering the
metric system and the national anthem.
Davis told Jim Rome, the host of a syndicated radio show heard across the
United States and Canada, that he's worried about the education received by
his five-year-old twins, Antonio Jr. and Kaela.
"Canada teaches a lot of different things -- the metric system," Davis said
in the interview yesterday. ...
(Perhaps Joe Reid might have more on the local "buzz"...?)
Bruce H.
On Fri, 25 May 2001, kilopascal in USMA:13033 wrote:
Speaking of Canada. I was approached by two people at work today who told
me of an interview they had heard on TV. Apparently, some Basketball
player, who is American, but playing for a Canadian team (in Toronto, I
think), was asked in the interview, if he plans to remain in Canada.
Well, his remarks were no, because his kids would have to go to Canadian
schools and they would be taught the metric system, and that would put them
at a disadvantage if they were to return to the US.
The first guy to tell me this, also stated there were call-ins to the
program
and some real moron made some gross anti-French Canadian remarks.
The second guy told me he heard a lot of Canadians were angered by the
statement and want this guy to leave Canada now. Also the Canadians came
to the defence of metric by asking what is wrong with it.
Has anyone else heard of this incident and can they clarify it more?
