NationStates Jolt Archive

The message is clear: I beleive that we have the right to use own system of measurement without the fear of this terrible resolution. We believe that early education of kinds of measurement systems will lead our children to be familiar with all kinds of measurement.

Athens and Midlands Government has officially boycotted the resolution by using a multi-measurement system in our country.

Please approve this proposal and in return, your children will respect your measurement system, not the common, often confusing one.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, I just don't see how the International Standard system (metric) is confusing, in comparison to other systems based upon variable lengths such as forearms and feet (cubits and, well, feet).

No, The metric system, won't be banned. If this resolution was passed, you would have a choice to adopt which system you would want.

That wasn't what I was asking. I asked how the SI system is confusing, as compared to other systems.

On British roads, the mileage system is still in use, and yet familiar. And the resolution I'm repealing might also ban our right to use common fractions, and force us into as far as irrational numbers.

On British roads, the mileage system is still in use, and yet familiar. And the resolution I'm repealing might also ban our right to use common fractions, and force us into as far as irrational numbers.

This is by far the biggest problem with the metric system. When the use of inches and feet, certain fractions come easier. For example 1/3rd of a meter is 0.3333 meters, one third of a foot is 4 inches.

Also, multi measurement systems, like multiple languages are good for the mind and help when it comes to problem solving and other brain functions. It is better for a person to know multiple measurement systems, not to mention the enforcing of one system world wide is a clear show of favortism.

While it might serve to expand the mind, simplification is especially important when it comes to numbers. You can lose a hell of a lot of money if you miscommunicate the translation between, say, kilometers and miles. I seem to recall a very expensive NASA probe being lost because of that exact problem.

Athens and Midlands, if you are a U.N. member, you can't boycott a resolution. Read the faq.

This stuff is old hat. And the argumentation hasn't gotten any better - rather it continues to become shorter, less convincing, and more obnoxious. Cease, for the love of mice.