[USMA:36698] RE: Countering the "heritage" argument.

[Philip S Hall]

We get that in Britain too.   Why should we preserve the customs and practices of our ancestors just for the sake of it?   Out ancestors used units if measurement to serve a purpose in life just as we do. Why do people assume that they would have expected their descendants to continue to use the same units regardless of practical need?   Phil Hall   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Remek Kocz Sent: 30 April 2006 16:19 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:36693] Countering the "heritage" argument.   I find that most of the positions against metric are pretty easy to rebuff.  But how does one counter the argument that USC is part of our heritage, that it's as American as apple pie?  The patriot card seems to be the toughest one to beat, even though one could bring up the fact that the current measuring system is defined exclusively in metric, or that the US has been a significant participant and contributor to the development of SI.