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Written by Ralesk at 02 Jul 2003 17:07:06: Re: re: chImp's Elitism...
As an answer to: Re: re: chImp's Elitism... written by chImp at 02 Jul 2003 15:24:25:
>Don't call me that. I'm very much against the European Union, because I want Norway to be governed by the Norwegian people, not by a bunch of Germans and Polacs or whatever.
If the EU differs in something from the idea of the USA, than that is that you get to keep your own Personal Arseholes to govern --- or at least they're a lot stronger than the individual states in the U.S.
>However, using "inches" and "feet" is just simply out of date. The de facto standard is the metric system. It's what people in most countries use (with a few exceptions). It's what ALL scientists use (incl. American ones).
True.
>And the de facto version of English is American English, because most people are exposed to English through American movies and series. Therefore I write "apologize". I do admit, however, that sometimes English is cool, too, like when I hear the Osbournes talk.
However, the International English is still, officially (not quite de jure of course :P) the non-American spelling.
>P.S: how is the situation in Hungary regarding EU membership? Are you invited? If so, will the people decide, or the politicians? When will that decision take place? What are you gonna vote?
You're not quite updated, eh? We'll be members in just a handful of months. People did, in April. I voted yes --- if anything, for trade it's better to be inside, and this is a rather big factor (at least bigger than it would first look like), so I chose the yes-bad instead of the no-bad. Politics these days is always about choosing between two bads.