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Jay Honeck wrote:
That situation has recently changed, with the rise of misguided souls who seem to believe that it is the U.S. taxpayer's sworn duty to translate every official document and website into every language (AKA: "foreign" ones), rather than raising the bar the *tiny* amount it would take to require English language skills of our citizens. I guess this is going to be another point where we will disagree :-) it is not however a matter of 'moral relativism', but of different background; I know, albeit indirectly, what forced integration looks like, and it isn't pretty (horror stories from my late grand dad, the french were quite brutal in their way of spreading the 'One True Culture/Language (tm)' -- which makes it all the more ironic when you hear them whine today about anglo-saxon cultural imperialism, but I digress); since we are way off topic wise, anyone could suggest a good Spanish language course in Santa Clara county? my high-school Spanish is quite a bit rusted and I wouldn't mind getting back to learning it. --Sylvain |
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Sylvain wrote:
I guess this is going to be another point where we will disagree :-) it is not however a matter of 'moral relativism', but of different background; I know, albeit indirectly, what forced integration looks like, and it isn't pretty (horror stories from my late grand dad, the french were quite brutal in their way of spreading the 'One True Culture/Language (tm)' -- which makes it all the more ironic when you hear them whine today about anglo-saxon cultural imperialism, but I digress); How on God's green earth you have equated an opposition to government spending taxpayer money to translate services into multple languages with "forced integration" just illustrates that you can only demagauge the issue. |
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ktbr wrote:
How on God's green earth you have equated an opposition to government spending taxpayer money to translate services into multple languages with "forced integration" just illustrates that you can only demagauge the issue. the arguments justifying either tend to be very similar, hence the connection I made. --Sylvain |
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It seems that now illegal aliens will be able to buy aircraft more easily,
since Bank of America is issuing credit cards to them for free. See http://www.snopes.com/politics/immig...kofamerica.asp I thought this was a class urban legend when I first heard about it, but unfortunately it's true. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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since we are way off topic wise, anyone could suggest a good Spanish
language course in Santa Clara county? my high-school Spanish is quite a bit rusted and I wouldn't mind getting back to learning it. I don't know about courses in that area, but at the very least get the tapes out of the library and start there. It's free, and it can't hurt. You'd be surprised by what comes back. Jose -- Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully understands this holds the world in his hands. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:56:27 -0800, Sylvain wrote:
since we are way off topic wise, anyone could suggest a good Spanish language course in Santa Clara county? my high-school Spanish is quite a bit rusted and I wouldn't mind getting back to learning it. Let me know if you find one here on vernacular Spanish. Don ) |
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