[Vision2020] Words Bring Pause

[J Ford]

Texas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Florida....want me to 
continue?  They have ALL had the exact same kind of vote and Spanish was the 
language in question.

IF any of those original languages were the language that was settled on in 
the beginning, yes - I would be speaking it or at least learning it.


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 15:45:21 -0800
>
>J.
>
>First off, as I already posted, Canada did in fact have a discussion about
>what languages to include as "official" languages, and passed laws to
>address this discussion, becoming officially bi-lingual, so there is a
>nation where this discussion has occurred, despite your claim to the
>contrary.
>
>Furthermore, I do not know of anyone asking that Spanish, for
>example, become the official language of the USA to replace English.  You
>are distorting this discussion to suit your purpose by making the position
>you are arguing against seem extreme and absurd.
>
>And given you are living in a culture that invaded North America displacing
>with genocidal efficiency numerous cultures with their own religion,
>language and ways of life, who had lived here for thousands of years, I
>wonder if you are going to learn a Native American language given your
>statement below:
>
>
>>
>>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  :]
>
>
>
>Ted Moffett
>
>>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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