Now...if you were to convince me as a certainty that the U.S. is not going to go metric in my lifetime, then I would lose interest in the cause. I am not interested in metrication as a game or as a hobby but as a very definite achievable worthwile political goal. Elaborate if you can, if you will, about how you see it, please. As for me, I am sure we will be metric someday, and I hope I can speed it up a bit. Andy Johnson --- Adrian Jadic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Adrian Jadic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:11677] Re: USMA digest 488 > Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 12:42:26 -0500 > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I agree that anti-metric thinking is deeply > engrained in our society but, > (and I apologize for my pessimism) I believe that a > tragedy won't be enough. > > Just look at the gun laws. There was a Columbine > tragedy and several more > before and after that. Results.. nothing. > > For Australia a tragedy was enough to trigger a mass > approval of the gun > ban. Similarly, it did not take much to convince > them of the metric > advantages in spite of their English heritage. Here, > it seems we need > something more. > > The question is WHAT? Personally, I believe that > something has to shatter > the American self confidence before the many would > accept that there is time > for a serious/radical change. > > I have lived for extended periods in several > countries and only here I found > this strong mass conviction that "We are the best". > When the human spirit > reaches that level there is no place for change. > History proved this many > times. > > A. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Trusten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday 16 March 2001 22:50 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:11674] Re: USMA digest 488 > > > You are quite right; it is a risk management issue. > But I'm afraid that > anti-metric thinking is deeply ingrained in this > society, and nothing will > change until a tragedy happens. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
