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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:26:18 -0400
From: Craig Haggit <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Cartographers for Social Responsibility  ;-) <fwd>
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Boy, all this time waiting for some prime-time exposure and we get
saddled with supporting the Peters Projection of all things.  Maybe we
can start a class-action suit for defamation of character or something.

Craig Haggit

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> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 22:30:38 -0700
> From: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Cartographers for Social Responsibility  ;-)
> Sender: "Virginia R. Hetrick" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi, gang -
>
> So, did any of you know there were 4300 cartographers on the planet (let alone in
> the country) who would think Mercator's projection was socially irresponsible?
> ;-)
>
> For those of you who are not fans of The West Wing (Wednesdays, 9pm Eastern and
> Pacific, on NBC), Wednesday night's show was Big Block of Cheese day.  This is a
> day set aside by the fictional President to commemorate Jackson's big block of
> cheese near the entrance to the White House to welcome visitors back in the days
> when anybody could come in to talk to the President.  The press secretary on the
> show, named C.J. and played by Allison Janney, was assigned to meet with the
> Cartographers for Social Responsibility who wanted Mercator's projection replaced
> by Peters' projection as a matter of reducing the racist implications of the
> Mercator projection.  They even had their facts correct about the relative sizes
> of several geographic areas (continents, islands, and countries mostly).
>
> It's not the cartifact that Alice was asking for, but I can't ever recall any
> kind of geographers getting time in a prime time drama since I've been one and
> also old enough to watch, let alone three of them with speaking parts!  ;-)
>
> Have a terrific weekend.
>
> vh
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