Huge blow for the country's large Russian-speaking minority. Russia also can't be happy by this.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb...CMP=twt_fd
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb...CMP=twt_fd
Quote: (02-19-2012 05:33 PM)durangotang Wrote:
I basically have no respect for people who live in a country but refuse to learn the language. When in Rome.
Quote: (02-19-2012 10:30 PM)MSW2007 Wrote:
Quote: (02-19-2012 05:33 PM)durangotang Wrote:
I basically have no respect for people who live in a country but refuse to learn the language. When in Rome.
Here in the United States, not only are we expected to accomodate those who refuse to learn the language, but American students have been removed from school for wearing U.S. flags in the United States on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. How about that!
Quote: (02-20-2012 04:25 AM)Enfant_Terrible Wrote:
May I see link/sources? I want to read more about this if this is the case.
Quote: (02-19-2012 10:30 PM)MSW2007 Wrote:
Quote: (02-19-2012 05:33 PM)durangotang Wrote:
I basically have no respect for people who live in a country but refuse to learn the language. When in Rome.
Here in the United States, not only are we expected to accomodate those who refuse to learn the language, but American students have been removed from school for wearing U.S. flags in the United States on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo. How about that!
Quote: (02-20-2012 12:05 PM)kosko Wrote:
America has no official language though.
Quote: (02-20-2012 03:16 PM)durangotang Wrote:
Quote: (02-20-2012 12:05 PM)kosko Wrote:
America has no official language though.
It may not be officially in the constitution, but for 250 years everyone who came here learned English. That has changed after the marxist cultural revolution where minorities are the new proletariat, and get funding to band together and revolt against the system, demanding that Spanish get taught in schools, road signs be in Spanish, etc. It is not only supported but encouraged, and "latino rights groups" are fighting to ruin cohesion and have no respect the country they are moving to - the minimal respect would be to learn English.
Quote: (02-20-2012 03:22 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Quote: (02-20-2012 03:16 PM)durangotang Wrote:
Quote: (02-20-2012 12:05 PM)kosko Wrote:
America has no official language though.
It may not be officially in the constitution, but for 250 years everyone who came here learned English. That has changed after the marxist cultural revolution where minorities are the new proletariat, and get funding to band together and revolt against the system, demanding that Spanish get taught in schools, road signs be in Spanish, etc. It is not only supported but encouraged, and "latino rights groups" are fighting to ruin cohesion and have no respect the country they are moving to - the minimal respect would be to learn English.
I will defer to what Obama says here about the "English only" question:
Quote: (02-18-2012 10:32 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Huge blow for the country's large Russian-speaking minority. Russia also can't be happy by this.
Quote: (02-21-2012 12:53 AM)oldnemesis Wrote:
Quote: (02-18-2012 10:32 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:
Huge blow for the country's large Russian-speaking minority. Russia also can't be happy by this.
This was obvious.
Think of it: having two official languages means EVERYTHING state-issued - laws, certificates, forms, rules, schoolbooks, state-owned TV/media whatever - would have to be issued in two languages. Pretty much every government worker must speak/read/write two languages. This would cost money, and what for?