----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: April 24, 2002 23:28 Subject: [USMA:19625] RE: European Union regulations
> 2002-04-24 > > There was really no reason for the Wall Street Journal to even bring up the > metric issue concerning the martyrs. But, they did so, because they are > virulently anti-metric. They had a very "angry" editorial when the martyrs > lost their first case, and even printed a negative obituary on Pierre > Trudeau because he "forced" Canadian gas stations to sell in litres instead > of gallons. Never mind the fact that the gallons that they would have been using were Imperial gallons, not US gallons. Stephen Gallagher
