I've responded mentioning that it's not just the press.
I would find it difficult to believe that a population mass could be influenced
purely and only by the press barons for decades (ie generations). It cannot be
that simple.
Oh, and thanks for addressing the "England thing"! :-D> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject: [USMA:40493] Re: EU Council> Date:
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:01:40 +0000> > Logically what you say is correct. However,
the press barons have created> this illogical perception. > > BTW, please use
"United Kingdom" and not "England" - you might offend any> Scots, Welsh or
Northern Irish. > > -----Original Message-----> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf> Of Ziser, Jesse> Sent: 27 February 2008
03:19> To: U.S. Metric Association> Subject: [USMA:40492] Re: EU Council> > Can
the subjects (England's relationship with the EU and metrication) really> ever
be said to> overlap? I don't know too much about it but I thought those issues
were> pretty much orthogonal...> err... guess I should say "disjoint" so as not
to mix metaphors.> > On the one hand, I don't see why someone opposed to EU
membership would feel> pressed to oppose> metric because of that. Peru,
Uzbekistan, South Korea, New Zealand, West> Xylophone, and Zimbabwe> don't seem
likely to join the EU and yet they've gone metric. Presumably> they had other
reasons> for doing so.> > On the other hand, I don't see why someone who
supports EU membership would> feel pressed to> support metric because of that.
England is already an exception to numerous> EU rules, is it not? > And the EU
has already decided they're willing to let England stay> non-metric forever,
right? And> the EU isn't the only otherwise metric international organization
that> England is a part of, so if> you claim that just being a member of the EU
would "peer-pressure" you to be> metric, you'd have to> say the same about all
those other organizations (The Commonwealth of> Nations, etc.).> > Am I missing
something?> > --- Stephen Humphreys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > > Ezra,>
> > > FYI: The only mainstream party that is more pro-metric than the current>
Labour lot are the> > LibDems - and thay have no chance in winning a general
election.> > > > The Tories, who are the most likely to turn over Brown's
government's> majority, are even less> > keen (generally) on metrication. They
are also more eurosceptic (for> where the subjects> > sometimes overlap).> > >
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Subject:> [USMA:40484] Re:
EU> > Council> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:17:57 -0800> > Gene,> > Thanks for
the> additional info. I'm> > glad to hear that the Units of > Measurement
Directive (what we have been> calling the "metric> > directive") is > not yet
before the EU Council.> > Even if the Units of> Measurement Directive is> >
amended as proposed, the UK > could go much further than it has in> enforcing
the primacy of> > metric units > and widening the scope of that enforcement to
advertising> and product >> > descriptions. (But that will have to wait for
another day and another >> government, I'm afraid.> > :-(> > Ezra> > -----
Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> To: "U.S. Metric> >
Association" <[email protected]>> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 11:55> AM>
Subject:> > [USMA:40483] EU Council> > > > Ezra,> >> > Below are some brief
excerpts> from:> >> >> >
<www.counsilium.europa.eu/showPage.asp?id=242&lang=en&mode=g>> >> > The>
Council is the main> > decision-making body of the EU.> >> > The ministers of
the Member States> meet within the> > Council...> >> > Depending on the issue
on the agenda, each country will> be represented by > >> > the minister
responsible for that subject...> >> > The Council...passes> laws, usually> >
legislating jointly with the European > > Parliament... END of Excerpts.>> >> >
No currently> > posted agenda includes the EU Metric Directive.> >> > Gene.> >
----> Original message ---->> > >>Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:01:11 +0000>
>>From:> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject:> > [USMA:40473] Re: EU Metric Directive>
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association"> <[email protected]>> >>>> > >>My next
question is pretty obvious: why does Elizabeth say that approval> > >>by the
Council> > (and which council, exactly?) is "uncertain'? What does > >>that
mean?> When do they meet? What> > are the forces in play? etc. etc.> >>>
>>Anyone out there with suitable> history and contacts> > able to drill down a
> >>little further? I'd love to know!> >>> >>Ezra> >> > > >
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