Your comments are surely welcome and instructive, John. It never occurred to me for a moment that they were intrusive. After all, our Constitution, which guarantees preservation of the freedom of speech, was authored by former citizens of the British tradition.
You make a very good point on the economic implications of metrication, which I believe should be emphasized.. And, as you suggest, the completion of U.S metrication would be a tide lifting all boats, and break the metrication logjams being experienced in Canada and the UK One last note regarding internal U.S.politics: I insist, to anyone that will listen, that U.S. metrication be promoted without regard to partisan politics. Everybody measures things in America, and metrication ought to be pursued by all. It should be discussed without the slightest shade of prejudice for or against any political philosophy. It is the Nation's unfinished business, going back to the time when the Congress was first entrusted with the setting of the measurement standard. Paul Paul R. Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net +1(432)528-7724 ----- Original Message ----- From: j...@frewston.plus.com To: trus...@grandecom.net ; U.S. Metric Association Sent: 2013-03-02 14:58 Subject: Re: [USMA:52432] my post to the response section of the Sun Herald article Paul: I agree with your revised mission statement, but feel it should be tied in with an economic statement as to the advantages of completing the conversion process. As an outsider to the US (but having lived in Canada for over 30 years, and having done – and still do, to a small extent – business with the US), I feel that economics is the predominant ‘driver’ of the US way of life. As in the UK and Canada, the failure to complete the conversion process costs all these countries – including the US – dear. Other countries are overtaking our countries economically in the world, and I am a firm believer that the lack of progress in completing metrication is a fundamental factor in that. This is a message that needs to be impressed upon the decision makers in the American government. I hope that you will forgive my intrusion in US politics, but I feel that if the USA could send out a strong message that completing metrication is in ALL our best interests, shear momentum and synergies will make it happen. Best regards John F-L From: Paul Trusten Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:42 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52432] my post to the response section of the Sun Herald article Mr. Lockley, Thank you very much for your article supporting U.S. metrication. I hope you will communicate this same enthusiasm to your representative and senators in the Congress. It puzzles me to see so many newspaper and magazine articles favoring U.S. completion of its metrication transition, yet this part of the Nation's business remains unfinished.. If the Fourth Estate would only send copies of its sentiments to the Congress and the President, perhaps we would see a totally metric America much sooner. One problem with the lack of speed of the U.S. changeover is that familiarity breeds consent, and our country has not pursued metric education with the fervor of a Nation that has already declared metric to be its "preferred" system of measurement fo trade and commerce. We remain widely familiar only with the old units, so we consent to their perpetuation. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics continues to adhere to a policy of promoting the teaching of both metric and pre-metric measurement systems to our country's students. My organization supports the teaching of the metric system exclusively and succinctly, to the end that all Americans will be well-versed in its simplicity. Paul R. Trusten Registered Pharmacist Vice President and Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. www.metric.org trus...@grandecom.net +1(432)528-7724 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2899 / Virus Database: 2641/6140 - Release Date: 03/01/13
