I wrote to him already in 1999. I agree with John; this kind of 'humour' is a dangerous weapon. We had this trash on our list in that year. And I cannot see the fun of this rant. It seeps with arrogance. "It would be best if the world stopped using metric" makes me see red. These people spout the most outrageous and incredible nonsense about metric, and when they are challenged, they claim it was just fun. I cannot believe that this stuff was tongue in cheek. On the other hand, I really enjoy the http://metricsucks.com site. This one is in my view really with tongue stuck firmly in cheek. I think it ridicules the opposition to SI. The BWMA thinks that metricsucks is an ally, as it is on their links page.
Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: kilopascal To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Saturday, 2002-08-17 5:38 Subject: [USMA:21770] SOMEONE'S got to decide if the world is going to use the metric system of measurement or the good old English system. 2002-08-16 Here is another good one! Please people.... flood this guy with e-mail and inform him that the WORLD has already decided. They already use the metric system. http://starbulletin.com/1999/10/04/features/memminger.html John
