> A message to all (old) imperialists: > > You've had your turn, now let us have ours. > You've had imperial throughout most of your life-time, and it's been > use for hundreds of years previously. > Now times are changing, the world is changing. > Imperial's had it's day - it's had a fair innings, it's had more than > it's fair share of time. > Imperial belonged to the generations who were taught it, and that's > fair enough for those who still want to use it in their own mind. > But we were taught in metric, or have learned it because we're not > blind to the global need for a compatible, logical measuring system. > So now, we want to move on - we want to be able to use what we know, > and don't see why we should have to learn the old ways, simply because > the ones who learnt the old system won't learn a new one, and want to > force us to use what they learnt. > You've had your fair share, Imperial has over-stayed its welcome, now > let's welcome metric, and give that as good an innings as imperial > had. > > Phil D
