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Subject: Re: [lojban] centripetality: subset vs component
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From: PILCH Hartmut <phm@A2E.DE>

> > Personally I interpret the spirit of Lojban as accepting modern
> > international standards (meters & kilograms, celsius, utc time, iso dates,
> > etc) unless a really good reason interferes. 
> I do the same. However the possible "good reasons" must be checked
> carefully first.

You might as well just "accept English as the international standard".
Why bother about creating a neutral language roots of diverse sources?

-phm