What we need in this country is to make English the official language. We also need to eliminate ESL and teach children using the english immersion method. I am fed up with illegals demanding rights in our country. They have no right to be here in the first place.
This guy isn't an illegal.
I know he's not. He is however supporting rights for illegals who should not have any rights in our country because they don't have a right to be here in the first place.
Do you have a link for that or is this just something you're making up as you go along?It was a political stunt, and it backfired when he got called out for it.
So does yours.that's the kicker. the guy has been here 23 freakin years. if he isn't comfortable speaking english in front of people by now he either
1. has made no effort to assimilate into american culture and therefore his opinion means dick
2. he has made an effort but he is just dumb as **** and therefore his opinion means dick
3. he did this as some kind of stunt to make a political statement and therefore his opinion means dick
Do you have a link for that or is this just something you're making up as you go along?
but I would think you would find a large majority have various problems amongst the different linguistic-cultural groups of the country...
I have to disagree with you on that. First, I think that there are just as many multi-language countries as there are single-language ones, if not more. And I think those who experience major social and/or political problems as a result of multi-lingualism are the minority. I actually can't think of a single one other than Belgium. So you're gonna have to help me out here with concrete examples.
Most countries in Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Burma and many, many more...
that's why we are having this discussion. you guys just can't/won't see the point. it's really not about him speaking spanish.
as for grandma...if she'd been using a keyboard for twenty three years and was still useless at it, the she is a dumbass or hasn't been trying to learn
this guy has been speaking english for TWENTY THREE YEARS
The guy spoke and understood English fluently. He was making a point, and the point he was making is that even though he chose to leave his country of origin and chose to become an American, he did not choose to become a part of the melting pot that is American culture. Instead, he wants America to conform to the culture of his country of origin. As far as the "speaking from the heart" thing, the dude was reading a speech that was already written down.
There are probably a hundred languages spoken in America by immigrants from around the world. Why is it that a single language, Spanish, should be elevated to the point where there are almost as many radio and tv programs in that language as there are in English? There is little incentive for the hispanic community to learn English, because everything they need is available in Spanish. That forms a core separation between them and the rest of America, and that core separation will eventually lead to resentment. When one walks into a restaurant or a retail establishment on American soil, it's not unreasonable to expect those who work there to speak English so that they can communicate with their customers, yet in all too many places throughout the country this is not the case. It is incredibly frustrating to ask a clerk or a server a question about the product or establishment, only to be met with "No habla English."
Now I wouldn't have been particularly ticked off at the guy shown in the OP if he wasn't introducing himself as a hispanic activist... he did not identify himself as an American, and to me that's a problem... then proceed to rattle off in Spanish opposition to a proposed law that he believed would harm hispanics. America cannot be a melting pot when 40 million folks have decided to rope themselves off from the rest of the country, and consider themselves only Hispanic rather than American. That's happening far too often amongst Latino activists, and I don't see it as a positive thing for the country as a whole.
What we need in this country is to make English the official language. We also need to eliminate ESL and teach children using the english immersion method. I am fed up with illegals demanding rights in our country. They have no right to be here in the first place.
Try this on for size:
I've been speaking German for 25 years and there is no way in hell that I can comfortably testify in front of any official body without an interpreter by my side to make sure I'm not messing up my words. There is not one politician in my country that would fault me for bringing a translator along.
That doesn't tell me anything, ludahai. Please list the specific serious political or social problems that resulted from multi-lingualism in these countries. The only government that actually shut down because of it, that I know of, is Belgium. I'm more familiar with Africa than Asia and I don't agree that the problems there are because of the various languages, but because of tribalism and religious strife. It may be different in Asia, though.
have you been living in germany for 25 years, hearing and speaking it on a daily basis?
You aren't familiar with the long civil war in Sri Lanka? You aren't familiar with the various rebellions in Burma and India? You don't know about the problems in Indonesia? Well, doing into a prolonged discussion of them is beyond the scope of this thread.
Ummm... tribalism in Africa... isn't that due to the lack of a national identity and not sharing a culture and language???
I heard and spoke it every day for 7 years while living in Zurich and still use it on a daily basis for my job here in Geneva.
so the answer to my question is ... "no"
Um, you do know we speak German in Switzerland, right? Just checking, because I'm not sure what it is you're getting at. You expect this man to speak English, but you're giving me a pass because I'm not 100% comfortable with the most spoken language in the country I live in? Clarify, please.
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