[Vision2020] Words Bring Pause

[J Ford]

Yes, but are they languages of people who have recently come into their 
country and demanded that they change their original language to a new one?  
We have Latins, especially, that seem to think it is our duty to make the 
Spanish (or Spanish-type) the official language and I just don't think so!

I really resent having to answer questions like "You speak English or do you 
need Spanish?" whenever dealing with a government or other type of business. 
  Do you hear "If you need French, push one" or "If you need PigLatin, push 
one", etc.  No.

Like Tom said - you go to a country, you abide by their language and 
customs, not demand that they change for you.  PERIOD.  End of story.



J  :]





>From: "david sarff" <davesway at hotmail.com>
>To: privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:19:30 +0000
>
>India has two official languages.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_languages_of_India
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>>Sorry - gotta disagree with the good Senator.  In NO other country in this
>>world is this type of discussion ever even taken place or considered.  You
>>move to a country - YOU LEARN THE LANGUAGE!  Period.
>>
>>What does the Senator suggest - we all learn his father's language?  What
>>about the Japanese or the Latin or the Haitian or......it goes on and on 
>>and
>>on.
>>
>>Having one language that everyone speaks, to me, guarantees that we will 
>>at
>>least be able to talk to one another and THAT is where democracy starts.  
>>We
>>can't talk, we can't agree, we can't get anywhere.
>>
>>Remember the Tower of Babel......
>>
>>
>>J  :]
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>> >From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>> >To: "Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> >Subject: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause
>> >Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:42:03 -0700
>> >
>> > >From today's (March 11, 2007) Spokesman Review with a very special 
>>thanks
>> >to
>> >State Senator Edgar Malepeai -
>> >
>> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >Words Bring Pause
>> >
>> >The Idaho Senate voted 20-15 in favor of Senate Bill 1172, declaring
>> >English
>> >to be the official language of Idaho, in a debate that took a personal
>> >turn.
>> >
>> >"It's not for shutting people out, but bringing people in," Sen. Mel
>> >Richardson, R-Idaho Falls, lead sponsor of the bill, told the Senate.
>> >
>> >Sen. Edgar Malepeai, D-Pocatello, said quietly, "Looking around the
>> >chamber,
>> >I think I'm probably the only one that has English as a second 
>>language."
>> >Malepeai recalled that his late father and uncles served proudly in the
>> >U.S.
>> >military. "They spoke very, very broken English, but they were proud
>> >American Samoans," Malepeai said. Democracy and freedom "is what unifies
>> >people in this country," he said, "not the English language." A hush 
>>fell
>> >in
>> >the Senate after Malepeai's comments, and no one else debated the bill.
>> >
>> >---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> >
>> >Tom Hansen
>> >Moscow, Idaho
>> >
>> >"I love my country but fear my government."
>> >
>> >- Author Unknown
>> >
>> >
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