Dear Bill Potts:
I would rather at least take the risk of pissing off
somebody as I push my cause than take the risk of
having others think I was sound asleep. I do not see
the difference between your patient attitude toward
Elwell and in a position of doing nothing.
--- Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the problems with zealots is that they risk
> pissing off their
> opposition so much that they retard their own cause,
> rather than advancing
> it.
>
> I seem to remember an old saying about catching more
> flies with honey than
> with vinegar.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> Roseville, CA
> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid
> > Sent: June 02, 2001 10:05
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:13338] Zealots and supporters
> >
> >
> > Eddie Lechat's 13 messages (USMA 13308 to 13320)
> last night set me to
> > thinking of a classification of the members of
> this list.
> >
> > The zealots:
> > The late (with regard to this list) and lamented
> Andy Johnson
> > His disciple Eddie Lechat
> > Ma Be
> > Han Meinen
> >
> > The rest of us, including Jim Elwell who is also a
> true Libertarian.
> >
> > Joseph B. Reid
> > 17 Glebe Road West
> > Toronto M5P 1C8 Tel. 416
> 486-6071
> >
>
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