| Directory > Society > Issues > Government Operations > Anti-Metrication 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/inch.htm
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Weights and Measures
Provides an overview of traditional measurement systems; articles, quotations, and talking points
for alternatives to and reasons for rejecting metric.
http://www.shaunf.dircon.co.uk/shaun/metrology/metrology.htm
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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/stories/s11563.htm
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British Weights and Measures Association: Footrule
Provides general articles, membership information, sponsors, and newsletter archives of the BWMA.
http://users.aol.com/footrule/
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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/
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Salish Indians Against the Metric System (SIAMS)
Criticizes Canada's imposition of metric measurements on its aboriginal peoples.
http://members.tripod.com/~siams_canada/
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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/jonah080100.asp
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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/
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Save the Pint
Opposes compulsory adoption of the metric system in Britain; online petition and a collection of
news and opinion articles.
http://www.savethepint.com/
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MetricSucks.com
An offbeat anti-metric site including a humorous essay critical of the origins of the metric
system, a discussion forum for measurement-related news, conversion table, and related links.
http://www.metricsucks.com/
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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/
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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/
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