| Re: Why English Should Be The Official Language
No-one forced your forefathers to give up anything. I dont know where your forefathers came from but if they didnt speak English there they were not held at Gunpoint to learn English. They choose to. Thats the differance. Your forefathers had the choice, some chose English, others didnt. Thats how you get diversity in countires. Its nothing to do with the current crop of immigrants, they are just an easy blame target because you dont like other people not being the exact same as you (I dont mean you personally btw). Why cant the current immigrants speak whatever language they choose? As already said, if a Mexican learns English & is then in a panic, he's going to speak Spanish regardless of what you want. I speak three languages, if im in France their is no way i'm going to stop & think of what fire is in French, i'm going to use English because its my first language. The only thing forcing people to learn English is going to do is further damage your reputation world wide while strenghting the assumption that Americans are pig headed & ignorant to everything outside their fish bowl. |