"Carter, Baron" wrote: > > I think the APWA is taking a cop out approach. The Federal Govt rarely does > anyhing on its own initiative. They will act/mandate metrication when > sufficient groups of people demand it be so. People like the APWA. Instead > of wimping away in a corner the APWA, along with many other organizations, > should be lambasting the Feds to get metric conversion made mandatory. >
The APWA "should" be doing what you write? Why would an organization of people deliberately make life harder for themselves? What evidence is there that most people don't prefer the status quo if they don't perceive it is hurting them? Why would they deliberately march into a metric muddle that could be just as bad as Canada's, if not worse, given no commited program at the top to convert to metric? If we project our commitment (even impatience to some degree) with the current, limited state of metrication onto others, I suspect we will distort our perceptions of their reality and make it even less likely that they will get on board with metrication.
