: don't understand all the fuss. Use either, who cares? Just don't
: rob us of the choice, that's not the democratic and free market
: way. I have metric on one side of the tape measure and imperial
: on the other. I use which ever works best for the job in hand.
: No big deal. I would use cubits and fathoms if they were more
: appropriate.
:

No one is trying to rob anyone of their free choice to use whatever antiquated measuring system they choose. However, there are benefits to a society to adopt norms for measurement, and for that the metric system makes unquestionable sense. Anyone concerned about fine degrees of accuracy need simply to apply a decimal point.

John