On Mon, 06 May 2002 10:59:39 -0700, "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This is an outrageous piece that deserves to be vigorously counteracted. Firstly, >and foremost, because it jeopardizes Christian beliefs and grossly misrepresents them! > >This individual is unfortunately simply attacking the very fabric of Christianity by >claiming absurdities after absurdities! And I plan to tackle each one of these below. > >On Sun, 5 May 2002 12:39:42 > kilopascal wrote: >>THE CHRISTIAN AND COMPULSORY METRICATION >> >>By Tony Bennett >>The next major attempt to eliminate use of British weights and measures will be the >government's plan, recently admitted (see Daily Mail, 24.4.01), to destroy the three >million British road signs in miles, yards, feet and inches, and replace them with >signs in kilometres and metres. The pretext (for that is what it is) is that by 2006, >more than 50% of British drivers will have been 'metric educated'. Already a start >was made in 1994, when new Regulations allowed Councils to erect dual-unit bridge >height and road width signs with metric units more prominent than British units. >> >Chris, can you substantiate the above, please? If it's true, *it's about time, >sir*!!! When can we expect this to finally happen? Is 2006 a realistic goal >yearwise, Chris? Would you please share with us any thoughts on this? Thanks. No I can't, Marcus (unfortunately!) To cite anything from the Daily Wail as proof of anything is laughable. This claim is a simple extrapolation of the standard reply that the Dept of Transport has been using for many years, that they would not contemplate changing until the majority of drivers have been educated in metric. It is the BWMA who came up with this estimate of 2006 as meeting that criterion. Latest from the Dept of Transport is that now that people are living to be older the proportion of people who have not been educated in metric has increased, therefore it will take even longer! Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
