I hope that this is the start of something. I wonder if the UK initiative is somehow connected with this.
I feel the UK initiative is something more then just the UKMA and a few supporters in industry and government agitating for a change. Who knows, all of this could be a part of a bigger plan by world globalists who see the metric-imperial battle as something that is impeding industrial progress and profit and must come to an end. The release of the UK initiative and comments like these may be all part of a plan to see how the final millimetre is to be carried out. By sending out "probes", one can then judge the reaction of the public and the resistance and then tailor the final battle to be a win for metrication. I highly doubt the UK initiative was released on the world without the ok of powerful backers. There is no way the UKMA or anyone else could carry out such a plan unless it had the support of some powerful organisation. If I were the BWMA, I'd be scared to death about now. In the new world order and group such as the BWMA and their UKIP supporters will be the first singled out. The new rules would classify the BWMA as a terrorist organisation. The openly advocate lawlessness (encouraging traders not to convert scales) and also have a militant division which goes by the name ARM (Active Resistance to Metrication). Even a blind man can see that they are digging their own grave. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2004-08-06 19:26 Subject: [USMA:30656] Good letter to think metric > In the August 5, Ottawa Citizen, the following letter > was > published in the Letters to the Editor section. It > was partly in response to an earlier article about the > pumping and height capabilities of new fire engines at > the Ottawa Airport. > > Note that, overall, I do find that the Ottawa Citizen > is a rather pro-metric newspaper. > > *Think metric, don't just convert from Imperial* > > One of the more interesting aspects of Dan Smith's > article on airport fire trucks is how little progress > Canada has made in the conversion to metric measures, > begun in 1970. > > In the early days, one saw the "30 miles to Canada's > Capital" sign on old Highway 16 painted over to refer > to "48 kilometres". Apparently no one thought that > such "milestones" are customarily set at rounded > intervals and that it would therefore have made more > sense, and been in the true spirit of metrification > rather than mere conversion, to haul the sign about 10 > furlongs south and proudly proclaim "50 kilometres". > Slavish conversion to the decimal point, rather than > attitude changes, led to the sill claims such as "the > cheetah can reach speeds over 112 km/h" when obviously > the rough time trial had been approximated to 70 mph. > > Not much appears to have changed. Come on, Mr. Smith, > a massive fire truck discharges up to precisely 4,543 > litres per minute? Not 4,500, or almost 5,000? It > sounds suspiciously like the brochure that said 1,200 > US gallons. Can it reach 46 metres? I bet the > Oshkosh folk claim 150 feet. > > Metrification will occur when the public, aided by > journalists and editors, think metric rather than > merely conduct mathematical conversion. Firetrucks > pump more than 4,500 litres per minute and can reach > almost 50 metres. Cheetahs exceed 110 km/h. I wonder > if the Oshkosh people are working to crack the elusive > 1,321 gallon/minute level to boast a 5,000 > litre/minute truck for the metric market? > (Signed) > Peter Nielsen, Ottawa >
