Sorry I keep reposting this, but the listserv occasionally ignores a post...
Nat
You don't need a vote. You vote every time you purchase a product in the
free and open marketplace. The American public has voted resoundingly for 2
Liter Coke, 1 Liter mouthwash, 750 ml shampoo, and on and on, as these
products have obviously succeeded in the marketplace.
Nat
> In a message dated 2000-10-13 20:23:32 Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >
> > A plebicite would be a bad idea. I don't know of any country
> that has gone
> > metric as the result of a popular vote. The average person is not
> > interested in the subject, and prefers to stick with what he
> already knows.
> > A country goes metric when its governing body decides what is
> good for the
> > country.. If it acts to please the people the country will
> metricate onlyy
> > in a fragmentary, disorganized way.
> >
> >
>
> Unfortunately, that's exactly what this Congress is doing, on
> this and other
> subjects, and has done for a long long time ...
> (and what Mulroney did up north in the mid-1980's).
>
> Carleton
>
>
>
