David, How would you like to be a poster on the BWMA site? We need UK citizens to post rebuttals to statements made by UK imperialists. I'm always told that because I've never been to the UK I don't know what I'm saying when I make statements of the advanced the usage of metric in the British economy. I need back-up.
Other people go to that site and we need to be there to undo some of the BWMA brainwashing. BTW, what percentage of pre-packaged goods are metric only on your supermarket shelves, dual metric/imperial and imperial only. Do unit price labels ever show unit pricing in imperial? In your community do all shops now use metric scales? Could you report to us the status of the shops you visit? Are the deli counter scales in view or hidden from the view of the customer? We need to coordinate where I could post questions about metric activities, watch the BWMA members responses and then you could enter with a "truth" or "lie" statement. What do you think? Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "David King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2004-07-27 17:14 Subject: [USMA:30556] Re: BWMA to challenge the metric only labelling law in court > But as the USA is gradually accepting metric only packaging, then there > should be no problem with companies producing metric-only labelling, in > fact, contrary to BWMA's statement, costs to businesses will be reduced, > as they will now only need one set of packaging for the whole world, > which will be metric only. So far in the UK for many many years most > packaged goods have had metric labelling, mostly metric only, with no > difficulties that I am aware of. I think people are not so stupid as to > stop buying a packet of biscuits, for example, just because the label > only gives mass in grams. The "freedom of expression" statement by BWMA > is ridiculous as the amount of the contents is informative rather than > an opinion, and freedom of expression is related more to opinions than > scientific data. > > David King > > > MightyChimp wrote: > > > Under EC (Should be EU) directive 1999/103, the above-type packaging > > (see > > *http://www.bwmaonline.com/International%20-%20US%20packaging.htm* for > > pictures*)* will be outlawed for sale in the European Union after > > December 2009 - simply because customary units are displayed alongside > > metric. Such a law not only raises costs for international business, > > who would have have to set up two separate product lines for the US > > and EU markets, but is a violation of freedom of expression, since > > traders will be prevented from giving consumers information. BWMA will > > be challenging this directive in court. > >
