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xoxoxoBruce · 05-24-2005, 12:09 AM

How do you think I would be treated if I moved to France and demanded they speak English? How about Mexico? Or Russia?
I'm talking about dealing with the government, official business?
I look at countries like Canada and see that multi languages do more harm than good.
If an individual is or wants to be multilingual thats great but to force it on a nation only leads to animosity and apprehension.
I've seen people that came to the US and didn't learn English. They would pick up enough to barely function and live in a neighborhood with similar immigrants for social interaction. They demanded their children speak English so the kids could have the opportunity to succeed and live anywhere.
How many different languages have come here in 200 years? Should every American learn them all to make these people welcome? I don't think so.

05-24-2005, 12:09 AM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How do you think I would be treated if I moved to France and demanded they speak English? How about Mexico? Or Russia? I'm talking about dealing with the government, official business? I look at countries like Canada and see that multi languages do more harm than good. If an individual is or wants to be multilingual thats great but to force it on a nation only leads to animosity and apprehension. I've seen people that came to the US and didn't learn English. They would pick up enough to barely function and live in a neighborhood with similar immigrants for social interaction. They demanded their children speak English so the kids could have the opportunity to succeed and live anywhere. How many different languages have come here in 200 years? Should every American learn them all to make these people welcome? I don't think so. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.