It may took you centuries to realize that women are not lesser beings, but in ancient Sparta they were considered equal to men because they were the ones that bred the warriors. It's not about tradition. It's about being stubborn because you think it makes you superior. The metric system makes sense because it is based on logic and on what we see. The imperial system is a relic from another time.

In 1916 Alice Paul formed the National Woman's Party (NWP), a militant group focused on the passage of a national suffrage amendment. Over 200 NWP supporters, the Silent Sentinels, were arrested in 1917 while picketing the White House, some of whom went on hunger strike and endured forced feeding after being sent to prison. Under the leadership of Carrie Chapman Catt, the two-million-member NAWSA also made a national suffrage amendment its top priority. After a hard-fought series of votes in the U.S. Congress and in state legislatures, the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920. It states, "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." (Wikipedia)

>>but in ancient Sparta they were considered equal to men because they were the ones that bred the warriors. ...and somehow the metric system comes back around to victimhood. Proving your point by mentioning Sparta where, even in your words, women were valued equally to men because they bore boys is not making the point that you had hoped it would.

dag, don’t look at us as though we are all the same. MANY of us would like to change to be more like Europe (and the rest of the world) it’s not the people, it’s the government you can blame for it.

I can't write your kyrilic name, but even in ancient sparta women had no right to vote. May you should get your history lessons in a school and not in cinema. They where more valued then in other citystates. But still far away from equal to men. Most of human history women where everything but equal. We are now in most western countries close to equality. But we still have to overcome traditions.

Actually Monica, it is. During all the years humanity have walked on the surface of this planet, only a small part have been during years where the women had few or no rights.

It is NOT tradition that says that women have the right to vote. It is the result of many years of fighting for Women's Rights! "A suffragette was a member of militant women's organisations in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections, known as women's suffrage." " ...in 1893, New Zealand became the first self-governing country to grant the vote to all women over the age of 21. When by 1903 women in Britain had not been enfranchised, Emmeline Pankhurst decided that women had to "do the work ourselves"

Well thank you for seeing us women as actual human beings just like men.

You would not have to change it on one day. Just make everything „new“ with both measurements, and after 5 years switch completely to metric. There will still be old stuff in Imperial around, but it will be replaced with new metric stuff over the years.

In the US, my dashboard displays have always had both mph and km/h probably because Americans may take trips into Canada. I feel that adjusting to km/h is easy -- it's just a number. Match the number in your speedometer to the posted speed limit.

The US tried making the change. I was in elementary school in the 70s when they tried. It didn't work.

I don’t know why you think Celsius is arbitrary because it makes sense and completely logical. 0 degrees Celsius is waters freezing point and 100 degrees Celsius is waters boiling point.

Celsius is FAR from arbitrary. The freezing and boiling point of water (at STP) are pretty easy to reproduce.

While celcuis is not a strict or 'true' unit like Kelvin or time it isnt arbitrary, 0 is the point at which water freezes and 100 is considered boiling point, I know there are a lot of variables there but someone pulled Fahrenheit from their a*s

Like the old system on literally every other nation on this planet before they swichted to metric. Search for another excuse. Maybe a good one.

yeah, the right way and the wrong way.

It’s the fact of logic, the imperial system makes no sense. Also we shouldn’t have to learn imperial seeing as the rest of the world uses metric, the US is only place where Imperial measurements are widely used. The UK are stuck between both but technically they are meant to be metric now.

If it is as difficult for an american to learn the metric system, then americans are dumber then I thought. Multiples of 10 is everything you need to know. I don't think americans are that stupid. The metric system is jsut simple as it should be for a system of measurement.

Yes, the easy way and the American way.

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Really? Why don't you try learning the American system. I think you'll find that activity as difficult as an American learning the Metric system. Don't hate us merely because we choose to be different. Like men who wear eye-shadow.

Also a shuttle blew up on lift off because people at nasa made a mistske converting something from imperial to metric

I don't understand how any of your explanation makes it 'effective'. Sorry.

I like being first! Imperial rules!