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The source of commonality is the relationship of this list to the Site of the Sentient, which is comprised of articles/columns on many socio-political and economic issues, from an intelligent, logical standpoint.
There is no political correctness required. There are no rules against offending people, or cussing, or criticizing (intelligently) other list members.
It also doesn't matter if you're Liberal, Conservative, libertarian, socialist, nonpolitical, or whatever.
... Because those things aren't true, it's not a threat to me. If they WERE true, I'd have no room to complain. Well, most of them aren't true, anyway. ...
Oh, please do explain the "fallacy" of the metric system. Also please explain how metric has been imposed and imperial was not. Last time I checked, Metric