English Official...

You know, declaring that everyone should speak English does nothing to strip people of any of their culture. Rather it provides a means though which to spread it beyond those who belong to a single ethnicity or geography.

I think that the immigration and its offspring language debate is a crock of shit brought forth to polarize the American people on Election eve - Nov'06. I mean what do a bunch of stuffy WASP give a crap about Hindi, Mexican, Malayalam, Mandarinn or the many hundreds of languages and dialects spoken in the USA today anyway.

And the fact that its speakers speak English to everyone else and their own language amongst themselves does not make them any less the American of "x" descent that they are.

Language ought to be a unifying force not a divisive one and the liberals + Spanish speaking people ought to just give it up for their own sakes.

Make Spanish the offficial language and try doing business in China or India.... good luck. You have just marginalized your minority business from potentially your two largest suppliers/customers and labor pool nations in the next 20 years and beyond. And try ordering your Chinese food or calling a call center when darn near anything in your home breaks down.

By agreeing on a lingua franca (look that up Spanish PACs), its french... one assures that you save your home from becoming a babel. Plus, you have the upside that words and cultural aspects specific to your geo-socio-politico-ethno-city will enter the general lexicon and cultural practice.

Isolate and perish...

Here's a prime example of a political nutcase trying to convince us of the nuttiness of other political nutcases on this issue... http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/20/navarrette/index.html

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