...by working to achieve U.S. metrication first! Any prevalence of pre-metric units in the world has to be related to our continued use of them.
Paul Trusten Midland, Texas United States +1(432)528-7724 trus...@grandecom.net On Jul 25, 2011, at 16:57, ezra.steinb...@comcast.net wrote: > I wonder how USMA could assist Burma in their metrication efforts? > > -- Ezra > > From: "Martin Vlietstra" <vliets...@btinternet.com> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 11:10:57 PM > Subject: [USMA:50914] RE: Ditch the viss, govt urges traders > > Even dictatorships have problems and as long as they give the ordinary people > “bread and circuses”, they remain in power. > > When South Africa adopted a decimal currency in 1961, they went to great > lengths to ensure that there was no profiteering. As a result, > decimalisation was accepted by the population as a “non-political” reform, > likewise with metrication a decade later. > > The rationale behind the adoption of metrication in Burma is an opening up of > trade – I am sure that the junta has realized that all their neighbours have > prospered and that if they wish to prosper, then they too need to open their > borders. Like South Africa, the junta need some sort of PR to promote > changes which means clamping down on profiteers. > > From: owner-u...@colostate.edu [mailto:owner-u...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of > Carleton MacDonald > Sent: 24 July 2011 21:38 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:50909] RE: Ditch the viss, govt urges traders > > I thought Burma was a dictatorship, and assumed that the military junta could > just dictate what they wanted. > > Carleton > >
