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An imperialist posted this message to the BWMA
website:
I was pondering the other day, while listening to "chat"
radio lbc, that everyone uses imperial to describe sizes.
Alright Alright (to the pro-metrics) not *everybody* but certainly all the people who "phone in" and all the talk-DJs I hear. Plus the stuff I hear from friends, family, work colleagues and "casual chat" on TV. SO why is it, or more accurately WHO is it that tells magazines and catalogues to express sizes in mm and cm? I find it strange that this happens! Ok - once again - to stop the accusation of exaggeration not ALL catalogues etc do this but the vast majority do. It's not a legal thing is it? And those people who work at these companies are "ordinary folk", are they not? ie the "majority"? So, conspiracies aside, how come someone somewhere is telling these people to print units that hardly anyone uses day-2-day? (I'm not belittling metric there btw, just saying the obvious truth) I bet we're the only country where people get out the measuring tape everytime one reads the description in a catalogue! So come on BWMA - what's the deal? And what are you doing about it? (did that last line sound "all authoritive"? Sorry if it did!) I ask this rhetorical question:
The question that nobody seems to ask or if it has been asked, an answer
has not been given. The question is: Who or what entity has been behind
metrication from the beginning and why?
Why has SI spread so fast and so far despite its supposed opposition? And why is the change still occuring in every aspect of industry? Is government the culprit, and if so why? What does the government gain by metrication? Is it industry pressing government? If so what does industry gain? There has to be a reason why metric has come so far in such a short time. There has to be a reason that people in general have not revolted against metrication. There has to be a reason metric has not died out and FFU isn't reigning supreme. If the majority hate metric so much, then it should have died out ages ago and not become the world standard of measurement. Important questions to ponder! Any
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