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sarals

06/01/03 2:01 AM

#18796 RE: marcos #18795

I wouldn't ban any language either. I've been trying to make that clear. What the law would do, is release the government from responsibility in accomodating the many many languages that are spoken here. It would just make one language the official language. This especially important as a focus for schools.
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mlsoft

06/01/03 2:33 AM

#18801 RE: marcos #18795

"What i would not do, is ban spanish from anywhere ... that's not the way, it is counter to all that those wonderful words of liberty stand for, and it's wrong .... there is absolutely no need to legislate any 'official' language in the US, english is far and away the most-used tongue and is not endangered in any way"
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marcos...

No one here has advocated that Spanish (or any other language) be banned - that is a ludicrous assertion. Spanish is probably the most taught second language in our schools, rightfully replacing French, in my opinion. But there are areas in America where Spanish has become the de facto language for most of the population and that is fostered by the government conducting business in both languages and using Spanish as the primary language in some of the schools - that has proven to be a mistaken policy of "political correctness" or "diversity" that serves more to divide us than unite us.

What I do advocate is that all government business be conducted in English, which would be the legal language of the US. If two folks who spoke Spanish wanted to conduct business in Spanish, that is fine and no one would object to that.

But the government should be under no obligation to conduct business, publish documents, laws, rules or regulations in any language other than English, nor should they be expected to provide education in any other language but English except when needed to teach basic English to those who do not speak it.

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