> The BWMA has existed for a long time.
Long before any metrication of things
> happened. It is not trying to "imperialise".
> happened. It is not trying to "imperialise".
Then just what are they trying to do?
The following are taken from the front page of
their web site:
"BWMA exists to protect and promote British weights
and measures, and to oppose compulsory use of the metric system."
"BWMA - campaigning for inch-pound industries and
consumer interests"
By "British weights and measures" I assume they
mean imperial. I realise this doesn't necessarily mean that they are campaigning
for Britian to return to imperial in its entirety but where do they draw the
line?
They are careful to insert the word "compulsory" in
that statement. This is a deliberate deception. *All" measurements used for
official and trade purposes are "compulsory" and always have been since the
existence of weights and measures legislation going back centuries. It wasn't
invented for metrication.
That second statement is utter hypocrisy. Firstly
there is nothing stopping so called "Inch pound" industries from operating in
the UK. Secondly, no one can claim to represent consumer interest when they
advocate the co-existence of incompatible units of measurement on a permanent
basis in the market place.
Phil Hall
