Sir, Madam, On 2001-06-14 I sent the message below; however, you did not bother to answer. That is an answer in itself. To me it proves that your company wants continental Europe and other parts of the world to abandon the metric system. I am absolutely opposed to the Avoirdupois pounds and ounces your company is attempting to impose on the world. I will not buy any of your products from now on until your company abandons its anti-metric policy and its incomprehensible desire for global conversion to Anglo-Saxon units, Yours, H. Maenen The Netherlands, a country that uses METRIC! Sir, Madam, I am from the Netherlands, a country that uses the metric system, not British avoirdupois weights. That is also true for Denmark and for the large majority of the world population. In Europe, only the British and the Irish are not yet entirely metric. Even there, nearly all prepacked products are hard metric now. And it is strange that a company that is based in a metric country should export products in hard ounce and pound sizes to them and to metric nations where people do not understand British units. Outside Europe, only the USA uses ounces and pounds. THREE countries in the world use them! Conversions to 227 g, 454 g and 681 g don't help at all. I wonder whether Ripensa would prefer to label its products in ounces and pounds only, but the law in the EU and in metric countries in general makes that impossible. Even more, in metric countries people do not use such bizarre quantities in day-to-day life. They are used to hundreds of grams and 250, 500, 750 g and 1 kilogram etc. quantities. It is absolutely beyond me why Ripensa prefers British to metric units and why it seeks to impose ounces and pounds on the world population, of which 96% does not use them. Millions and millions of people, and I am one of them, despise British weights and measures. People are boycotting your products because of that. Ripensea may think that the EU and all other nations should abandon the metric system. I am sure that this will never happen. In the contrary: the EU wants to get rid of British units. In short: please, explain the reasons for your position on this issue. Yours sincerely, Han Maenen The Netherlands e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
