They don't care as long as they are not confronted with it. People may not care if others speak a foreign language until it is spoken in the presence. Try speaking metric to most of these "neutrals" and watch them move quickly off centre.
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Chernack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2004-09-01 18:21 Subject: [USMA:30961] Re: UK wants to go metric > My feeling is that most Americans don't really care, period. If a > reasonable plan was put in place and stuck to, people would gripe for the > first week or so after each changeover then pretty much realize the world > didn't end and life goes on. After some time, they may even wonder why it > wasn't done earlier. It is the vocal minority that is the problem. > > Phil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Brian J White > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 5:21 PM > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:30958] Re: UK wants to go metric > > I'd guess 40% of Americans would like to as well if polled. There are > more people I talk to that would LOVE to go metric, but they don't feel > strongly enough about it to become an "activist" like most of us here. > > > At 14:15 2004-09-01, David King wrote: > >According to BBC website, a poll suggests that 62% of UK citizens want the > >UK to complete the changeover to metric > > > >1 sept 2004 > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3934353.stm > > > >-- > >David King > >
