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What does it mean?
The speaker refuses to learn the metric system for patriotic reasons.
In plain terms
I will not learn kilograms because it means terrorists won.
What can you take from it?
Resistance to foreign systems.

Where it applies

  • debates
  • travel

Putting it to work

  • acknowledge metric use

Questions to consider

  • Should we use metric?
  • What defines national pride?

Another view

Refusal hinders global communication.

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