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Regulating weights and measures is a basic function of government since Babylonian times.
by outop 2y ago
Regulating weights and measures is a basic function of government since Babylonian times.
- randombits0 2y agoSure but dictating what units to use is a bit overboard. A pound should be a pound and a kilo a kilo but what units I use in commerce is my business, not the state’s.
- autoexecbat 2y agoWhile a kilogram is kilogram, a pound has an accepted definition and plenty of unexpected ones. Is it a troy pound, a tower pound, a london pound, a metric pound?
- informedDissent 2y ago[dead]