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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, 2001-04-29 09:46
Subject: [USMA:12543] Re: All out WAR!
On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:24:05 +0200, "Han Maenen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To all,
>
>Threatening lawsuits against private organizations which place metric
>signage prove once again what the BWMA and their ilk are really after.
Which private organisations are they proposing to prosecute?
Re-read the attached article below which was originally attached. I didn't
use the word "proposing", but threatening. How else would you interpret
this:
The British Weights and Measures Association invites the citizens of
Sedgemoor to bring a private prosecution of their District Council for
inciting a criminal offence.
I interpret this as a threat. This is where I was coming from. Do you see
things differently?
--
Chris KEENAN
UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
PRESS RELEASE
30 March 2001
INCITEMENT TO CRIME
Local authority incites tourist centres to break the law
(REM: and what do they do? Egging on traders to break the W&M Act!)
The Sedgemoor District Council's "Design Guide to Directional Advertising"
specifies metric distances on tourist signs. Under the 1994 Traffic Signs
Regulations it is unlawful to display signs that do not show distances in
miles, or yards. This applies to both road traffic signs and pavement signs
for
pedestrians. (Britain gained a concession from the EU to allow us to use
exclusively miles and yards in road signs)
While Sedgemoor District Council is inciting owners of tourist attractions
to
use illegal metric roadsigns the Sunderland Borough Council has prosecuted a
green grocer for using allegedly illegal imperial measures when selling
bananas. This is typical of the hypocrisy of local authorities when dealing
with our traditional and popular system of measures.
Vivian Linacre, BWMA Director, says, "Once again Local Authorities have
slipped
on their own banana skin".
PRESS RELEASE
30 March 2001
INCITEMENT TO CRIME
Local authority incites tourist centres to break the law
(REM: and what do they do? Egging on traders to break the W&M Act!)
The Sedgemoor District Council's "Design Guide to Directional Advertising"
specifies metric distances on tourist signs. Under the 1994 Traffic Signs
Regulations it is unlawful to display signs that do not show distances in
miles, or yards. This applies to both road traffic signs and pavement signs
for
pedestrians. (Britain gained a concession from the EU to allow us to use
exclusively miles and yards in road signs)
While Sedgemoor District Council is inciting owners of tourist attractions
to
use illegal metric roadsigns the Sunderland Borough Council has prosecuted a
green grocer for using allegedly illegal imperial measures when selling
bananas. This is typical of the hypocrisy of local authorities when dealing
with our traditional and popular system of measures.
Vivian Linacre, BWMA Director, says, "Once again Local Authorities have
slipped
on their own banana skin".
The British Weights and Measures Association invites the citizens of
Sedgemoor
to bring a private prosecution of their District Council for inciting a
criminal offence.
The centre pages of the offending booklet.
Click on design for larger image.
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)
The centre pages of the offending booklet.
Click on design for larger image.
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)
