----- Original Message ----- From: "mephistophe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-02-17 05:46 Subject: Re: Happy New Year! Maybe THIS is the ye [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]
> Hi, > > I'm finding this thread to be a bit sensationalist. Can anyone point to any evidence that the US is trying to impose its measurement system on other nations? > > I acknowledge that the US is often arrogant and is usually very successful at promoting its interests abroad (more so than any other nation, at least); but I have never seen any sign that the US wishes other nations to stop using SI. > > The only change that I have noticed -- gradual though it may be -- is that SI has been slipping into the US, mostly at the whim of businesses. Thirty or forty years ago, Americans had no concept of a litre. Now they buy 1-, 2-, and 3-litre bottles of cola. I am not suggesting that the US is simply becoming metricised on its own; it clearly has a long way to go, and there is much left for advocates to do. But it seems ludicrous to imply that the "war on terrorism" will inevitably lead to an attempt to make the world use feet and pounds, or that SI will somehow ameliorate geo-political tension. What it *will* do is simplify manufacturing, trade, communication, and travel. > > I don't see the conspiracy, here. But maybe I'm just not seeing the signs. So I ask again: Can anyone point to any evidence that the US is trying to impose its measurement system on other nations? > > -- Christopher Scollo > > --------------------------------------------- > DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! > --------------------------------------------- > You have chosen to receive messages from "Metric America" by email. > > Reply to this message: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=metricamerica &sid=12177109&mid=1094 > > Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica/config/change_mb_list > > Return to "Metric America": > http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/metricamerica > ---------------------------------------------- > > Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: > http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=millitesla&.g roupID=metricamerica&.groupType=&.code=kqkKEmys7C >
