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Re:White House response to the petition requesting a switch ... by vowelless on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:13PM (#5765463)
But doesn't that also capture the essence of what the US is all about?
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Re:White House response to the petition requesting a switch ... by borlak on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:31PM (#5765558)
That is what the US is about, and the citizens have spoken through this petition that we want it changed.

Responding to petitions by telling the petitioners to petition harder is kind of pointless.

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Re:White House response to the petition requesting a switch ... by jack-r-abbit on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:49PM (#5765640)
In all fairness... 50,000 citizens is like 0.016% of the US population[1]. When most elections talk about a 2-3% margin of error, this is so small it is meaningless. I imagine more than 50,000 votes get lost in the mail.

[1] http://www.census.gov/popclock/

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Re:White House response to the petition requesting a switch ... by cmelbye on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:26PM (#5765531)
I agree, I found this to be a very American response. Its not typical for the US government to mandate large changes like this and force people to do things a certain way. Its just part of the culture.
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Re:White House response to the petition requesting a switch ... by baby on Friday May 24, 2013 @06:37PM (#5765588)
> force people to do things a certain way.

Aren't they forcing people not to use the metric system in the US?

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