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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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