This sort of thing gives metrication a bad name.
I lived in South Africa when they adopted the metric system. Although the South African Government got a bad name for Apartheid, the population (black and white) generally supported their metrication policy. In a nutshell, the required the country to go metric and kept a very care watch for dishonest practice. I have heard it being said that metrication was one of the few good things that they did. _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of STANLEY DOORE Sent: 03 September 2008 15:46 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41657] Production Quantity Disception Beware of price/quantity deception by grocery stores. For example, Today's Safeway grocery store ad reads: "Refreshe Water 1-gallon or 3-liters" "2 for $1" Knowledgeable people know that 3 L is much less quantity than a gallon for the same price. It's a major deception by Safeway stores and a major consumer rip off. That's how stores are beginning to bilk the public. Contrast this with what 7-UP did. 7-UP gave buyers more quantity rather than less for the same price and used the slogan: "A Liter Bit More" Stan Doore
