I've always thought that metric is just a proxy battle for deeper
resentments. They don't dislike metricatION, they dislike metricatORS -
those they regard as either pointy-headed or foreign. Seeing their
arch-adversaries win one like this requires a tantrum (see below).
They're not even entertaining, just childish.
Nat
<:-) << note pointy-head
> And to think, this response was before the vote was taken and the
> imperialists were defeated. Can you imagine their reaction
> today? What is
> even more stupid, the BWMA is ASS-U-ME-ing that in 8.75 years, people will
> not have adjusted to SI. If the government is strong and holds
> its ground,
> and all the scales convert in the next year or so, and the shops get tired
> of dual pricing and gradually drop pound prices, and people
> adjust, then the
> phasing out of non-SI supplemental units will happen long before the legal
> cut-off date.
>
> One thing that will work in favour of our cause is the companies that
> manufacture and service the scales. If they only provide for metric only
> scales for sale and convert any scale that does come in for
> service, it will
> be a matter of time anyway before pounds and ounces die out.
>
> There now needs to be an effort to get shops to provide 500 g amounts for
> those who continue to ask for pounds. If the pound is no longer a legal
> unit, then the pound can assume any value. And it would not be
> illegal for
> a shop to use 500 g as an easy conversion for people who continue
> to ask for
> pounds. Just like they do on the continent.
>
>
> John
>
> Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtümlich glaubt
> frei zu sein.
>
> There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely
> believe they
> are free!
>
> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, 2001-03-24 11:35
> Subject: Re: [ukma] Fw: [USMA:11777] metrication is iconoclasm
>
>
> > Poor babies. They're really grasping at straws.
> >
> > Does that mean when they're done crying in their pint of beer
> that they'll
> actually try and learn how to use the metric system?
> >
> > I'm looking forward to seeing Vivian Linacre and Steve Thoburn on the
> historical reenactment circuit. They'll be the ones in the
> mediaeval village
> selling bananas for a groat or two per pound.
> >
> > -- Jeff
> >
> > On Fri, 23 March 2001, "kilopascal" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Friday, 2001-03-23 06:06
> > > Subject: [USMA:11777] metrication is iconoclasm
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > To the BWMA the abolition of lb/oz is the same thing as the
> iconoclasm
> by
> > > the
> > > > Afghan Taliban.
> > > >
> > > > Han
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > PRESS RELEASE 18.3.01
> > > >
> > > > IMPERIAL FINALE, OR THE ABOLITION OF HISTORY
> > > >
> > > > BWMA's condemnation of the Commons' debate on the complete end to
> imperial
> > > > measures.
> > > >
> > > > Taliban are condemned for destroying their history,
> dynamiting ancient
> > > statues.
> > > > Our government, at the bidding of the European Commission,
> is just as
> > > guilty.
> > > > On March 14th parliament had the chance to debate the final
> and total
> > > > annihilation of the last vestiges of our popular, traditional and
> > > customary
> > > > system of measures. The Weights and Measures (Metrication
> Amendments)
> > > > Regulations 2001 (S.I., 2001, No. 85), make it a criminal offence to
> even
> > > > mention imperial measurements in trade, public health, public safety
> and
> > > > administrative purposes, after the year 2009. No other helpful
> information
> > > > may be given to the shopper, patient, or public servant,
> except metric
> > > > quantities.
> > > >
> > > > The consequences of a society criminalised for using
> imperial weights
> and
> > > > measures must extend beyond market stalls, retail outlets and the
> market
> > > place
> > > > in general. Educationally and culturally, society is intended to
> convert
> > > > to metric so that a national amnesia about traditional
> measurements is
> > > being
> > > > induced.
> > > >
> > > > This will make an outcast of our historical archives that largely
> consists
> > > of
> > > > references to imperial measures. A researching public, ranging from
> > > academics to
> > > > householders consulting records including title deeds,
> charters, maps
> and
> > > house
> > > > plans will be confronted increasingly by information that has become
> > > illegal and
> > > > of which they will have little or no knowledge or awareness.
> > > > The government refused to make an application to the European
> Commission
> > > for
> > > > permission to extend indefinitely our right to use our customary
> imperial
> > > > system.
> > > > In the Commons debate the Minister for Trade Dr Howells
> jeered at the
> > > > Opposition, accusing them of objecting only because they are
> frightened of
> > > > losing seats. The government is dead set to criminalise the 93% of
> people
> > > > who prefer imperial measures for every day use.
> > > > The vote in the Commons to annul this most unpopular regulation was
> > > deferred
> > > > till Wednesday 21 March, after a similar motion to be heard in the
> Lords
> > > on
> > > > Tuesday.
>
>
>
