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by Doomraider on October 20th, 2005

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Why doesn't the US adopt the metric system?

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  • by Encyclopedia_John on September 1st, 2006

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    The simple answer is -- the American people don't want to change. And nobody can force the American people to do something they don't want to do. That's the whole idea of "government by the people".

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    • Yeah you dont know how lucky you are. We Brits get told what we must have all the time and can do nothing about it

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      by smart9426 on October 15th, 2006

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