Topic: Man Convicted for Defying Metric System
started by: CatKnight
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From The War Room:
Steven Thoburn is a fruit-and-vegetable vendor in Sunderland, England, a small city north of London.On Monday April 9, he was found guilty of the crime of selling bananas weighed in pounds and ounces, instead of the metric measures that are now mandatory under European law. It is illegal in Britain to sell loose products-such as vegetables, fruit or meat-in pounds and ounces. This was the first prosecution of this kind in Britain.
For his heinous crime, Thoburn was hit with a maximum fine of ũ,500 on each of two offences, and court costs up to ,000.
Thoburn-dubbed the "Metric Martyr-had challenged what he considered an outrageous law. And many people agreed. Sympathizers flocked to Sunderland to show their support and sent him thousands of letters. Even the sentencing judge expressed sympathy.
However, Judge Bruce Morgan didn't let his sympathy get in the way of his duty to the Leviathan state, declaring that "...it would destroy the concept of a [European] union if member states could go off on legislative frolics of their own."
Nicely put, Judge. But the 1920 platform of the National Socialist Party-the Nazis-said it even better:
"The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all... The Common Good Before the Individual Good."
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prosecuting this guy = bad
And metric is good. I find it to be much simpler. Then again I've been living with metric all my life, Canada and Iran.
second ur a bunch of muppets for going on about the metric system as if u actually know how the uk works. we've used the imperial system for years in our society. it was legally switched a while back for scientific reasons which i use on top of using the imperial system (who the fuck here measures their dick in cm's). i find metric easier to use as measuring and conversions but i find that imperial much easier to judge things such as weight and size. what this is really about is how the EU is a fucknugget who keeps messing with the uk trying to make it more europe cos they think they have it right for everything, this is completly ignoring the fact that everything works different in the uk to europe (notice how i say uk seperate from europe? THERES A REASON!). cos those fucking foreign bastards try to take our freedom away and some twats in this countrey get sucked in by it. now i very much doubt he knew he was breaking the law and even if he did i would suspect tht 99.9999\% of the uk would see this law as similiar to the fact that drinking alcohol in a public house is illegal i.e pointless. EVERY market u go to u will see measurements in imperial. most supermarkets will have metric cos they have governing bodies that can oversee such things. this guy should not have to accept anything. this case shouldnt have even got to court!
(and the NIH thing. fuck sake man englands invented shit loads of stuff that u use!)
this whole thing is a disgrace to common sense
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Leave the kids alone -
with me!
They're all communists in Europe. The EU is going to give we US folks the 'Blue Scare' or something. The truth is revealed!
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The activities of the individual must not be allowed to clash with the interests of the community, but must take place within its confines and be for the good of all... The Common Good Before the Individual Good.
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Originally posted by RenegadeSnark:
If you have a problem with the average IQ around here, don't do things to lower it.
inches and pounds = practical in daily life (yeah that dick measurement in cm's was a great example DKB)
EU = bullshit, errr sorry, BIG BULLSHIT. I hate 'em.
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Je t'aime - est-ce que ca te regarde?
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Originally posted by JLb_8:
(and the NIH thing. fuck sake man englands invented shit loads of stuff that u use!)
Hey, moron, I wasn't saying that if it wasn't invented in the US that it's no good. I was saying that NIH is a common attitude in the US.
...but the U.S. is still better 
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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D
Never argue with and idiot...he may be doing the same thing
(dont get on my case about the french hotel thing that was 1 crash in the entire 25 history of the aircraft dont wanna think about the amount of times ur DC-10's have done the smackdown on themselves) i could list a million things that we invented that're a major part of society but its too late to do my jeremy clarkson impersination.------------------
Leave the kids alone -
with me!
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Originally posted by RenegadeSnark:
If you have a problem with the average IQ around here, don't do things to lower it.
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"Genitalia, while fun to play with, are rarely peasent to look at"
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Originally posted by ic0n0:
This has turned into a nationalism rant. =bad
Not neccessarily. I was born in the U.S. and have never been outside the country. Nevertheless, I realize that, as a society, we're pretty much fucked. We have accomplished a lot of wonderful things, but our priorities are all screwed up.
On the bright side, it could be worse...we could be France!
I can't wait to get out and see the world (except for France...I hate France :P).
edit: icono, fix your f***ing sig, it's driving me nuts! (pun intended)
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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny
Never argue with and idiot...he may be doing the same thing
This message has been edited by Beldurin on September 09, 2001 at 09:26 PM
See the NIH clause (Not Invented Here).
Damn stupid Americans...
However, the law is the law, stupid though it may be. He knew that he was breaking it, and should therefore be prepared to accept the consequences.
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Originally posted by Dark-Angel99:
How come {name removed} doesn't like you? I find you really funny :D
Never argue with and idiot...he may be doing the same thing
Game,Set,Match
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Leave the kids alone -
with me!
But Newton did create calculus. We can all thank him for that
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10 PRINT "HOME"
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[mumbled under breath] why i oughtta! [/mumbled under breath]
*shakes fist in the air
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we're after you're help too. security footage of a paedophile disguised as a school
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10 PRINT "HOME"
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we're after you're help too. security footage of a paedophile disguised as a school
come back calculus! come baaack!
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we're after you're help too. security footage of a paedophile disguised as a school
quote:I agree completely (see Bush). There are some serious problems here, but nobody seems to want to take the steps to fix them (see Taxes).
Originally posted by Beldurin: Not neccessarily. I was born in the U.S. and have never been outside the country. Nevertheless, I realize that, as a society, we're pretty much fucked. We have accomplished a lot of wonderful things, but our priorities are all screwed up.
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Originally posted by demonk:
But Newton did create calculus. We can all thank him for that
How about Leibniz?
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