Hmm, I note that the majority of the discord involves metrics and pirates. Meanwhile, the ninjas must be lurking...
Apparently these are hot-button issues in the CB community. In all honesty, I don't care either way about ninjas or metrics. Metrics seems like a more efficient straightforward way of measurement, though I'm wholly unaccustomed to it, and rely on it very little. As for ninjas, yup, the Okie in me would kick their, umm... (haven't read the TOS yet so I'm not sure what I could kick!)
However, pirates are exceedingly lame. Their modern representative is Johnny Depp, a limp-wristed, Bush-bashing, long-haired, beret-wearing Frenchman. Which is an insult to the French.
Gafftaper, it's funny you mentioned Guts. Indeed, I am tough. The Bible says the gates of hell can't prevail against me. Therefore, I'm tougher than hell.