Talk:Metric Martyrs

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[edit] Terminology

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Since they oppose the requirement to use metric units, a more accurate term would be Anti-metric martyrs.

as it's not obviously "more accurate" (you can oppose compulsory metrication without being "anti-metric" per se) and is a matter of opinion anyway. "Metric Martyrs" doesn't imply that the "martyrs" in question were either for or against compulsory metrication.

I'm pretty sure that the main defendant, Steve Thoburn, was on record as saying that he did not dislike metric measures, he simply used imperial measures as his customers preferred them. I don't know about the other defendants. 217.34.39.123 09:29, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

• They always argue that they don't dislike metric but all have been charged with using uncalibrated scales, and/or under-weighing goods and never selling in imperial or not selling in metric ^{lɘɘяɘM яɘɫƨɐƮ} 12:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)