Lukol Directory: Society: Issues: Government Operations: Anti-Metrication

British Weights and Measures Association (BWMA) Group which lobbies and promotes English/imperial weights and measures, and opposes compulsory conversion to the metric system. Includes news, position papers about the history of metrication and its impact on consumers and merchants, discussion forum, and related links. http://www.bwmaonline.com/ British Weights and Measures Association: Footrule Provides general articles, membership information, sponsors, and newsletter archives of the BWMA. http://users.aol.com/footrule/ Inch Perfect An assortment of articles asserting the superiority of British weights and measures to the French decimal system, including nineteenth century sources. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/estatopia/in... Presidential campaign could use some anti-metric mania Column by neoconservative columnist Jonah Goldberg on Tesco's decision to restore imperial weights and measures, and on metrication as an ideological tool of the EU and WTO. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/jona... Freedom 2 Measure Criticizes metrication as globalist and un-American; provides arguments for the superiority of the English-American system over the metric and links to related sites. http://www.freedom2measure.org/ Ockham's Razor: Trouble with the Metric System An interview with University of Queensland professor Arthur Marcel on the advantages of the imperial method of measurement over the metric, and on the failures of the metric system in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/st... Sunderland Metric Martyrs Defense fund for Steve Thoburn and Neil Herron, who were prosecuted under British law for using imperial measurements. Provides background, related cases, and links. http://www.metricmartyrs.sageweb.co.uk/ English Weights and Measures History, current usage, and listing of units and conversions; comparison of English and American measurements; descriptions of collectible weights; external links and anti-metrication resources. http://home.clara.net/brianp/ Salish Indians Against the Metric System (SIAMS) Criticizes Canada's imposition of metric measurements on its aboriginal peoples. http://members.tripod.com/~siams_canada/ Related Topics: Science: Reference: Units of Measurement

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