Let me re-phrase that. Should the US govt shove the metric system down our throats? I was having lunch with a Canadian colleuge a while back and amongst all of her ranting and raving about the US, Bush and Americans overall (trust me I was stuggeling to keep my temper in check), she spurted out how backwards we were in regards our units of measurements, i.e. tempetures weights, distances, ect.....Then she stated the the goverment SHOULD FORCE all Americans to learn and go metric. After lunch I began to think about this and I recalled during my High School years in the mid to late 70s, that the Carter administration began a half-assed program of 'Metricfication' and many of my teachrs (especially the Mathmatics dept) were trying to pound this alien system into our brains. By the time that Regan came into office in 81 and I was in college, 'metricfication' was all but forgotten .
So, should the goverment force goverment, business and the overall population as it has been done in other countries? Or should we continue down the path we are currently going and slowly adopt metric? No doubt that most non-Americans will answer with a resounding YES.
Aldo
So, should the goverment force goverment, business and the overall population as it has been done in other countries? Or should we continue down the path we are currently going and slowly adopt metric? No doubt that most non-Americans will answer with a resounding YES.
Aldo
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