To all,
Threatening lawsuits against private organizations which place metric
signage prove once again what the BWMA and their ilk are really after. They
do not support free choice at all! I have seen private metric signs in
Britain and even more in the Republic of Ireland. In all democracies, be
they metric or FFU, private people and organizations are free to use
whatever units they prefer. I do not have a car, but if I do, I may have
Imperial instruments on the dashboard, however, if I drive 100 mph on a 100
km/h on a highway I will be severely fined, loose my driver's licence for
some time and a judge may decide whether the car should be confiscated. I am
sure that the BWMA and the Sun rag would distort such a case; claiming that
a person was persecuted for having an mph speedometer in his car in
Continental Europe.
Now, the BWMA wants to impose one set of measuring units on tourist
organizations with the help of the law! The same law they are attempting to
subvert with the help of the 'Metric Martyrs'.
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, 2001 April 28, 2001 08:33
Subject: [USMA:12526] All out WAR!
> 2001-04-28
>
> The two entries below, the one from Han and the one from Chris, would make
> one think the imperialists are now declaring all out war. New claims of
> surveys that state that 74 % of the people want imperial weather forcasts,
> threats of lawsuits against private organisations placing metric signage,
> and claims of international support to fight the verdict of Sunderland,
all
> coming at the same time can only mean one thing. The imperialists know
this
> is the last battle. They must fight with all they got.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, Steven Thoburn is required to pay 90 000 � in court
> costs to Sunderland, if he appeals the case. Since he announced he would,
> the 100 000 � collected from supporters would eat up 90 % of that. The
> appeal would cost 500 000 �. Such a waste of resources. It is too bad
the
> superior court can't throw the case out, thus upholding the Sunderland
> decision.
>
> I just wonder how much of his International support is coming from British
> and American citizens living in various countries throughout the world.
Or
> from radical groups opposed to big government or free trade.
>
> For sure, it will be interesting to see how far this will go and what any
> decision will mean for both sides as well as for the US.
>
>
> John
See also USMA 12516 (Han) and USMA 12521 (Chris).
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