[Vision2020] Words Bring Pause

[J Ford]

Yes, but they HAVE  been.  It is not like they have just done the change or 
made the change due to a population's demand to do so.  The parts of Canada 
that speak French were founded by the French and that had been established 
during that founding.


J  :]





>From: "Ted Moffett" <starbliss at gmail.com>
>To: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause
>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:32:28 -0800
>
>J-
>
>And not only India, as Dave Sarff points out, but Canada is officially
>lawfully bi-lingual. I thought everyone knew that Canada is
>bilingual. Excerpt below from Canadian government web site:
>
>http://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/so-ac/english/tools_outils/identitity_identite.htm
>
>As Canadians, we are privileged to enjoy the many things our country has to
>offer. One of its greatest characteristics is its unique bilingual identity
>reflected by the harmonious co-existence of its two official languages,
>English and French. Throughout Canada's history, the English and French
>languages have co-existed. However, it wasn't until 1969 that Canada 
>adopted
>the Official Languages Act. "This Act stipulates that English and French 
>are
>the official languages of Canada for all matters relating to Parliament and
>the Government of Canada". In 1988, nineteen years after the official
>languages policy had been in place, Parliament adopted a new Official
>Languages Act. The provisions in this new Act were more specific than those
>of the 1969 version. According to Canada's Official Languages Act, the
>Government of Canada must ensure that its employees and those working on 
>its
>behalf promote the presence of both official languages.
>
>----
>
>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>
>On 3/11/07, J Ford <privatejf32 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>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  :]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >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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