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First note the "a metric system of units", not "the". It is your incorrect equating of "metric" with "SI" that is at the root of this problem.

Ofcourse CGS, MKS(A) and SI are all metric systems. There lies not the root of this problem. I do however equate 'metrication' with acceptation of the SI, which makes anti-gram arguments against metrication meaningless.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication...ted_States

Metrication is the process of introducing the International System of Units (SI or Système International), a metric system of measurement, to replace the historical or customary units of measurement of a country or region. The United States of America does not officially use or mandate a metric system of units, making it one of only three countries, along with Burma (Myanmar) and Liberia, that still use customary units.