Túischac’h Txec Ereufighleu
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(last post: March 12, 2008 - 12:13)
Citizen #33:
James O'Neill | Interesting thought, Chris, and a very good question.
There is always a lot of talk about our roots and cultural history, much of which is located in the continental US. As much as some would like to say that Talossa is not America, certain parts of Milwaukee and what ever else is Talossa and nothing else, we cannot help but reconcile that our land claims and our cultural history is very much founded in the United States. The Talossa is Talossa or Talossa is in the US arguments is used when convenient for the argument and lacks a consistency. I'm not pointing fingers at anyone in specific, but this is something that I have noticed. A Choice of convenience to the argument at the time. Yes, answering this question will help make certain choices more clear.
The way I am phrasing this is a long stretch, but I think you will see where I am coming from. The only real way to definitively justify dropping the Imperial System as well as other trappings of our American roots is to drop the land claims. Drop the land claims and relegate this to an artifact of our past and evolve into Talossa as it can be unfettered by relics of the past. Land claims to Milwaukee is an illusion that holds us back. Once we drop the land claims and free ourselves from our American ties and become a nation of the World then questions like this will not have to be asked. We would not be held back by our American ties and would be able to think about Talossa as an Ephemeral Nation and move on from there. I know this is not popular... maybe I am the only one who believes this... =)
Then again, this is just the resident pot stirrer speaking.
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In summary, I am OK with going all metric, but in the interest of preserving our very strong US roots and greatly increasing the potential usability in the macronational world, the US specifically, we should keep the Imperial System of measurement along with the Metric system, until such time as well transcend beyond our American bindings.
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