Dear Mike, I think that you will find resistance to change is universal.
We recommend Jeannie Daniel Duck's book, 'The Change Monster' if you want to understand the process of metrication change better (for the cheapest price go to http://www.metricationmatters.com.html/ and scroll nearly to the bottom of the page). Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305, Belmont, 3216 Geelong, Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.metricationmatters.com On 2007 06 20 1:59 AM, "Michael Palumbo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" >
