FWIW, I am not anti-metric
Yes, you are, because, according to you, metric is for the unit buff, not for the common man. However, the metric system was designed for everybody and for the use everywhere. The person in the street is the primary target of the metric system. It requires less calculations in practice and less math concepts to operate.
Since you people are denying this to everyone, you ARE NOT METRIC. And this is criminal.
We aren't going to change our base units, ever, and foreigners are not going to impact our decision.
Yes. This is what must be hurting you the most. That, France, Europe or whatever, is in fact imparting benefits to the people in the US, not a local institution, like the government.
That's why I like your posts.
This entire debate is meaningless because the person in the street doesn't care about units,
If that was true, standard units, metric, imperial or whatever, were not in place for the people to practice. The people in the street DO CARE about units, contrary to what you think.
The thing is that arguments like that are issued with the clear intention to quell the discussion about metrication in the US. However, after 55 pages, you can see that this is not working.
doesn't understand metric and could care less about the subject.
If that is true, so much the better. Metrication will be quick and painless. Maybe you will have some reaction here and there but people will eventually get used to the metric system and will even fight to protect it once they realize how it makes their jobs easier.
You do realize that France isn't highly regarded by the average Joe on the streets, right? As soon as Joe finds out the standards are kept in Paris, the game is over.
No standards are kept in France. And it is assertions like that that gives us full authority to whiplash the crap out of your arguments, reject them outright and--why not?--have fun with them.
If the average Joe in the US thinks that the metric standards are kept in France, this tells us that the US is not that impressive. It cancels the glory you think it deserves, for example, from the the moon landings.
Maybe if the standards were moved to Sweden the change would have better odds of happening.
The standards have been "moved" to Sweden, to Zambia, to Vietnam, to New Zealand, to Antarctica, and even to the US! In fact, any person in the street can have access to the standards in the comfort of their own homes, once they have the appropriate equipment which is not that expensive these days. You can even buy it on ebay.
Everybody loves Sweden!
Who doesn't?
Wait another 25 years and see if things have changed.
This thread will have 4125 pages.
And we're still the only country to walk on the Moon.
And, by the looks of it, it will be the only one.