It's human nature worldwide to resist change and not just Americans.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Palumbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:59 AM
Subject: [USMA:38927] Re: Discussion on the metric system
Some of those comments are depressing to the point of being absolutely
crushing. The very concept that Americans simply must resist whatever the
rest of the world is doing, solely because they can as the result of being
the last remaining superpower, makes my head ache.
Frankly, I look at Metric adoption as potentially a way to soothe
America's extremely tarnished global reputation as a result of the current
presidency. I would love for the next administration, regardless of the
party, to say, "We're going to adopt metric-only labelling on our
products, to make things easier for every other country in the world to
trade with us.".
Regards,
Mike
Mike Millet wrote:
All,
I was browsing Digg today and happened to notice that there was an
article about nations who had not yet adopted the metric system.
Digg is more of a social news site where people can comment on the
posts, and I thought it might be interesting for the list to read some of
the comments.
http://digg.com/general_sciences/Nations_who_have_not_yet_adopted_the_metric_system_pic#c7261085
Mike
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