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Let's see, kilometres are small miles, right?!

Parochial measuring systems have no place in a discussion involving people from many places.

And, as you know, the metric system is a French vanity project originated when the French Revolution had decided to remake the world. It was duly forgotten along with the 10 month year, each month named for the common activities in France during that month. But then, in despair following military defeat fifty years later, the French decided to attack the world with it again.

In modern times, the French have enforced the metric system on a number of countries as a precondition for averting famine and permanent economic underdevelopment.

The French have forced the EU to insist on a system of measurement at the potential cost of the loss of thousands of lives. Such callousness should not be encouraged.

So using the metric system is a reminder of humiliation and desperation wherever it is used outside France. Even references to its existence should not be encouraged.

Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 11/13/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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