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Terry Pulliam Burd
Guest
On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 08:08:14 -0400, "Nancy Young"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>One city here did that to cries of racism blah blah blah ... well, let the
>people who think that such a bad idea go over to city hall and pick up
>their CofO (don't ask) and other paperwork to sell a house and no one
>understands what the hell you're looking for. Not acceptable to me.
>I'm right behind the law that said, you want to work for the city, you
>have to be able to communicate in English.
My boss and I were talking about attempts at "politically correct,
inclusive" legislation in the US (he's a US citizen, but also holds
Israeli citizenship, where he was born) and he argued a pretty good
point - okay, he's a litigation lawyer and arguing is second nature:
Say, you're part of a large migration of, say, Christian USAians who
emigrate to, say, Pakistan. You demand that English speaking teachers
be on hand at your children's schools, voting initiatives also be in
English, drivers' instructions/tests be in English, governmental help
lines/offices offer a "press 2 to hear this message in English," your
girls and women not be forced to cover their hair, legs, arms...well,
you get my drift.
IMHO, if you emigrate to another country, you are assuming their
culture as yours. Otherwise, find a country more to your cultural
liking.
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
-- Duncan Hines
To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>One city here did that to cries of racism blah blah blah ... well, let the
>people who think that such a bad idea go over to city hall and pick up
>their CofO (don't ask) and other paperwork to sell a house and no one
>understands what the hell you're looking for. Not acceptable to me.
>I'm right behind the law that said, you want to work for the city, you
>have to be able to communicate in English.
My boss and I were talking about attempts at "politically correct,
inclusive" legislation in the US (he's a US citizen, but also holds
Israeli citizenship, where he was born) and he argued a pretty good
point - okay, he's a litigation lawyer and arguing is second nature:
Say, you're part of a large migration of, say, Christian USAians who
emigrate to, say, Pakistan. You demand that English speaking teachers
be on hand at your children's schools, voting initiatives also be in
English, drivers' instructions/tests be in English, governmental help
lines/offices offer a "press 2 to hear this message in English," your
girls and women not be forced to cover their hair, legs, arms...well,
you get my drift.
IMHO, if you emigrate to another country, you are assuming their
culture as yours. Otherwise, find a country more to your cultural
liking.
Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA
"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."
-- Duncan Hines
To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox"