I see that as more of a renegade thing rather than millitant fantatic.
It happened in Wales when they tried to introduce English-only signage.
In that case they wanted "llath" and not "yds" ! ;-)
Actually - the "Wales example" is slightly different as rather than amend
the signs they simply tore them up and dumped them at council offices - so
perhaps they were a bit millitant. They got their way though.
From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:33565] Re: metric Germany, yes---but euro coins, darn it!
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:46:02 +0100
I wonder who else agrees with you?
Or, I wonder if people are actually thinking like I'm thinking - that you
are increasingly embarrassing and hardly the best embassador to the metric
system.
In fact - there has been someone who used to posted here some time back
that claimed to be pro-metric - except he turned out to be an extremist
(or "fanatic", maybe) and did nothing but damage to the cause of
metrication.
The pro-imperial/pro-choice side seem to have their share of
fanatics/extremists. For example those who go around "ammending" public
signs that say for instance "toilet 50 m"
I sometimes wonder whether the ring-leader of that bunch isn't just a teeny
bit of an embarrassment.
Phil Hall
