2002-02-18 Hogwash!
I don't know if you realise this or not, but Britain's weights and measures are regulated under the Weights and Measures Act. No one complained about liberties when the WMA forbade the use of metric, but now that the law was amended to favour metric, all of a sudden it is a loss of liberty. The acceptance of metric in the US is slow anyway. How much slower can it get? And if this incident does anything positive, it will send a message throughout the US, declaring that banning the use of measurements that Americans use will make it even harder for Americans to sell non-metric goods in the world market. Hopefully, this will scare some sense in to those keeping the pace slow to get off their dead duffs and get moving. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-02-18 09:47 Subject: [USMA:18259] Re: "Metric Martyrs" appeals verdict handed down > At 08:35 AM 2/18/2002 -0500, James Frysinger wrote: > >... The appeals case by the so-called "Metric Martyrs" has just > >been handed down. They lost and the laws have been upheld as not being > >outside the authority of the law makers. > > Before y'all begin cheering, consider the point I made awhile back. > > If and when mandatory-metric legislation is attempted in the USA, you can > bet that US metric opponents will parade the Metric Martyrs all over the > country as examples of the evils of mandatory metrication. > > This case is a tremendous setback to the liberty of the citizens of the UK. > And it will slow the acceptance of metrication in the USA. > > Jim Elwell >
