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| quote: | Originally posted by medinaM5
k metric advocates should give it up with the argument that america should convert...it seems as though we shud because other countries are using metric. that argument didn't work for capital punishment, or slavery, or any other change in american history. the argument that "we should do something because foreigners have done it" works well in countries with manifold insecurities, not america. sry plz play again |
oh i see. here you are telling the world what to do in regards to all kinds of foreign domestic matters, but being told to go metric is somehow overstepping the bounds 
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According to a survey taken by USMA many years ago, the only other countries that have not officially adopted the metric system are Liberia (in western Africa) and Burma (also known as Myanmar, in Southeast Asia)...Although nearly every country has taken steps to replace traditional measurements, the fact remains, that among countries with non-metric usage the U.S. is the only significant holdout.
The main point is that only a few smaller countries, including some Caribbean countries heavily influenced by the U.S., have not formally mandated the use of SI. However, even in these countries, SI is used to some extent. And, use of the metric system in the U.S. is ever growing, especially linked with the wider acceptance of global standards which are mostly in metric measurements. Just as English has become the global language of commerce, the metric system has become the global language of measurement. Thus the phrase heard more and more:
"Speak in English, and Measure in Metric." |
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