Paul,
I am afraid they already are. Check out http://www.freedom2measure.org
(Be aware that they do take a cheap shot at the USMA and a person in it)
Linda D. Bergeron
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From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36129] Will metricaiton be perceived as handing over U.S.
national sovereignty?
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:51:41 -0600
A fear of many Americans is that the trend toward globalization of the
economy includes some kind of surrender of U.S. national sovereignty. We are
seeing some of this in the current concerns over Dubai and the port deal. I
often wonder if this issue will rear its ugly head on the day that U.S.
metrication reaches center stage in the media, and how great a public
relations problem we metrication supporters in America will have with those
who see the "international" system of units as an international political
encroachment upon the stars and stripes. Cf. The Simpsons: "Who keeps the
metric system down?"
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
Editor, "Metric Today"
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Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
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