You are pro-metric, obviously - and that is OK.
I am not pro-metric, obviously - and that is OK too, right?
Using pejoratives, like “mired” and “clinging”, are signs of a weak argument. So is using little anecdotes about the use of non-metric units causing near fatalities.
There are over 7000 languages spoken in the world, and if you find nonconforming units of measure dangerous, I’m sure you could rationalize that hundreds of millions of deaths throughout history were attributable to the lack of a common language.
Units of measure are simply linguistic elements, and languages differ through the world. People are (mostly) free to speak the language they are familiar with, and far from life-threatening, I think that freedom is what keeps us safe.
Frankly, it is your push for conformity that is dangerous.
What other aspects of our culture do you think we need to give up in the name of conformity?
“And, by the way, it takes just as much time to boil a frog regardless of what kind of thermometer you use.”
That was a joke, dummy.
Can’t even post to the proper comment. I see you did say you were joking. Sorry.