"The government, the EU and the criminal justice system should not be involved in whether a grocer uses imperial or metric measurements".
The EU notwithstanding, whether a grocer uses imperial or metric measures has ALWAYS been a matter for the government or the criminal justice system. The legal definition of weights and measures in the UK has ALWAYS been decided by law, whether metric OR imperial. Liberty and Neil Herron should know this only too well. It has been illegal for some time to sell by the stone. If you are caught selling items by the stone, you are liable to criminal prosecution. In EXACTLY the same way, you are liable to prosecution if you sell goods in imperial measurements ONLY. The law defines weights and measures as it has always done before so why are Neil Herron and Liberty (who should know better) trying to contest the law now when it was apparently perfectly acceptable before the year 2000? That's a rhetorical question if ever there was one. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mighty Chimp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 8:51 PM Subject: [USMA:27662] Traders Appeal to European Court of Human Rights & Trading Standards Alert > They are fighting back hard. What are we doing to counter their efforts? > > Euric > > > Traders Appeal to European Court of Human Rights > > On August 12th in Strasbourg, the five Metric Martyr traders lodged their > appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in defence of their use of > pounds and ounces. Human rights group Liberty will co-ordinate the legal > challenge for the Metric Martyrs. The case will be argued on several points > under the European Convention on Human Rights, including: > > Article 6 (right to a fair trial); > Article 9 (freedom of conscience); > Article 10 (freedom of expression); > Article 1 of Protocol 1 (the right to peaceful possession of property). > > The traders will be represented by Neil Herron, the Metric Martyr Defence > Fund Co-ordinator, and John Wadham, Liberty Director, who will be acting as > co-ordinating solicitor for the European case. John Wadham, said: "It's > ridiculous that people should be criminalised for this. It's completely out > of proportion. The government, the EU and the criminal justice system should > not be involved in whether a grocer uses imperial or metric measurements". > > > http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/ for the Liberty website. > > > It's not over yet. > > Trading Standards Alert > > BWMA would like to be kept informed of any activity or action by Trading > Standards Officers (TSOs) against traders dealing in lb/oz and other > traditional units. To post a new report, use the "Post new report" button to > the right. It will assist other users if you give the town or city to which > you refer as the message title. It will also be useful if you provide the > source of the information, for instance, a newspaper report, or by knowing a > trader personally. IMPORTANT - if you see any previous posts that already > refer to your topic, DO NOT create a new report. Instead, go into the > existing report and add to it by clicking on "Add to this report". > > > http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/101370 >
