Grocers lose court battle to sell in pounds and ounces

AP ^ | 2-18-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

LONDON (AP) -- A court ruled Monday that five grocers do not have the right to sell fruit and vegetables in pounds and ounces -- a decision their supporters said marked the "death of democracy."

Lawyers for the five -- dubbed the "metric martyrs" -- had argued that England and Wales should be exempt from European Union rules requiring produce to be labeled in grams and kilograms rather than in imperial measures.

[Issaquahking]

It's about not attempting to enforce it. Try it this way then - Most policy makers don't have enough sense to poor piss out of a boot with directions on the heel! No thought was given to the how much it will cost to convert over; manufacturing lines, agriculture, and the like, are going to be in for a bunch of unneccesary expenditures because socialist Europe wants to force their way on the Isle. It's easy to sit in a meeting and pass laws; to relize the effect is a whole nother matter.

I applaud the fact that these guys made a stand - they sound like good Americans!

Understand that we think differently in politics because we are from different countries. You don't feel like, or read information about how things slowly slip away, till your overtaken by an outside force. So you let them steal little by little. That is why it is important to stand up for your rights when some hose bag is trying to convert you to something than less than before. Perhaps you cou read in some of the threads about the frog in the pan story. By the time you relize your freedoms are stolen you to will end up under the UN flag. Remember years from now that some guy in Washington state told you so.

[Jeremy_Bentham]

Most policy makers don't have enough sense to poor piss out of a boot with directions on the heel!

Agreed.

No thought was given to the how much it will cost to convert over;...

So what are the estimated cost of conversion. BTW, they are not asking them to convert from the imperial standard to the metric system; they are asking that they display both standards, in accordance with British and EU law. Britain is a member of the EU, although not a full flegded one, since it has not accepted the Euro.
The Eu is simply requesting that its member states use the metric system. What difference is there between this and the US Federal Congress asking states such as California, New York, et al to use one standard system, rather than 50 different ones?

It's easy to sit in a meeting and pass laws; to relize the effect is a whole nother matter.

Which is a grave problem amongst legislators, ie, that they do not consider the full effects of their legisation.

[Jeremy_Bentham]

You're a little behind mate; it's already been done by the GreatRJ, re #5.

[weegee]

Pounds per pound, makes sense to me

Yeah, but now the UK's on the Euro.

Gooba gabba, Gooba gabba, one of us, one of us...

[Jeremy_Bentham]

Yeah, but now the UK's on the Euro.

Actually, while Britain is a member of the EU, they are not on the Euro.

[BigBobber]

The metric system is a crock. It's fine for scientific measurements of things that are very small or very large. The English system of measurement is based on the human body. It is also allows easy divisibility by factors of 2 or 3.

The meter was originally based a fraction of the distance from pole to pole on the earth. How do you possibly relate that to anything the average person deals with from day to day? It is also a system based on the number 10, which makes sense for a monetary system, but not necessarily for the size of a board or a shoe. Quick, what's a half of 3.784 meters? How is that easier to figure than half of 3.784 feet, or 3.784 inches?

The metric yahoos have not noticed yet, but we do not use a decimal system for the measure of time. Days have 24 hours, and hours have 60 minutes. Where is all the clamoring by these idiots to change our antiquated time system to "metric"? Wouldn't it be so much better if there were 100 hours in a day, or 100 minutes per hour!

[weegee]

My foot it roughly 12 inches. Works for me.

[weegee]

The metric yahoos have not noticed yet, but we do not use a decimal system for the measure of time. Days have 24 hours, and hours have 60 minutes. Where is all the clamoring by these idiots to change our antiquated time system to "metric"? Wouldn't it be so much better if there were 100 hours in a day, or 100 minutes per hour!

Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!

We'll also get a metric calendar, a ten day-week (no one would ever see overtime again), a 10 month-year, and a 100 day-year.

Decades would remain but idiots would still insist that 2000 is the first year of the 21st century.

[RGSpincich]

No wonder the pilgrims risked their lives to leave.