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<div>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.
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<div>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.
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<div>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:
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>Like Tom said - you go to a country, you abide by their language and<br>customs, not demand that they change for you. PERIOD. End of story.
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">>From: "david sarff" <<a href="mailto:davesway@hotmail.com">davesway@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>To: <a href="mailto:privatejf32@hotmail.com">privatejf32@hotmail.com</a>, <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Words Bring Pause<br>>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2007 23:19:30 +0000
<br>><br>>India has two official languages.<br>><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_languages_of_India">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_languages_of_India</a><br>><br>><br>>
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