tmcfalls
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Re: Official Language?
quote: Originally posted by honalieh
English the official language. Cool. I speak English.
But, let's not stop there!
(1) Denim as the national fabric. I like wearing blue jeans.
(2) Leather hunting boots as the national shoe. When not at work, you'll often see me in them.
(3) National Shirt. A Steelers sweatshirt of course. A Steelers t-shirt would be acceptable if the weather is too hot for the standard sweatshirt.
Don't tell me that it's not all about me, and others like me. After all, you were proposing that it's all about you, and others like you (language wise).
Maybe we should all accept that we are a multi-cultural society and accept the differences of those different than us (in one way or another). Wait, that seems too liberal and fair-minded. Forget that!!!
Put your jeans on, put you leather boots on, put that Steelers sweatshirt on. We need uniformity. What better uniformity is there than what I, and others like me believe.
I've got to admit : the language idea might not fly in Miami, the denim idea might not fly in corporate America, the hunting boots idea might not fly in the cities, the Steelers shirt idea might not fly outside the Pittsburgh region. But, so what. They must follow the standards.
Just kidding!
I'm sure some understand the satirical point. I'm equally sure that some don't. That's just how it is in a multi-cultural society!!!
I think you missed the point of the law. It is not to force immigrants not to speak their native language. It simply means that all goverment business would have to be conducted in English which would save tax payers millions of dollars in extra printing fees imposed by printing stuff in several languages. It would also save millions of your tax dollars by no forcing school systems to make special accomodations for non-English speaking students (the majority which are here illegally anyway). The law makes sense and it is the right thing to do!!!
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