2001-04-17
Consumer opposition is a farce, or at best a lame excuse. What opposition
did the auto industry receive from consumers? How about wine, spirits and
soft drinks? What about cameras and film? What about mouthwashes, hair
products and cosmetics? Plus other already metric products?
Many products are not sold by a dimension and can easily be made to metric
specs. If there was a problem with consumer opposition, then the product
could still be metric, but FFU could be included on the package. There are
ways for a product to be fully metric in design and manufacture, but fool
the consumer when needed to keep them believing it is still FFU.
Don't believe or perpetuate these tired old excuses.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich 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: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-04-17 20:00
Subject: [USMA:12274] Re: About Efficiency
> Madan,
> You forgot an important reason some vendors avoid the simplicity
> of SI. Some less-ethical vendors like confusion of units so that they
> can mislead, if not deceive, consumers about the price/amount of product.
> Almost without exception, vendors oppose mandatory unit pricing laws.
> Gene.
> ...............................
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001, M R wrote:
> > ...
> > All the companies know that the metric system is
> > efficient, but they have not switched to it
> > voluntarily because of these reasons
> > 1. consumer opposition.
> > 2. feeling that imperial is their culture.
> > ...
>
