Someone has responded to my Times letter, copying it to me: >Metric measurement has been legal in this country for over a century. Many >of us, the overwhelming majority in fact, do not wish to avail ourselves of >its supposed advantages but prefer to muddle along with the inefficient >imperial system. We have no objection to the supporters of the metric >system happily using the system of their choice. Long may they continue to >do so. Unfortunately the supporters of the metric system do not exhibit >similar tolerance. We must all, whether we wish to or not, be compelled to >adopt metric because it is good for us. It is unnecessary, I hope, to point >out how many tyrannies have followed exactly that line of reasoning and what >the results have been, -- Metrication information: http://www.metric.org.uk/ UK legislation, EC Directives, Trading Standards links and more Pro-metric mailing list now available.
