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chanter1944) wrote2006-05-19 01:06 am
chanter1944) wrote2006-05-19 01:06 am
enter one furious journalist
How dare they?
I've just heard via the BBC that the US Congress is attempting to pass a legislation amending the constitution so that English would become the official language of the United States.
What the *colorful phrases in several languages* do they think they're doing? The answer would probably be some long-winded speech heavy on the rhetoric and involving words like "fitting in" and "should be thankful", unless I miss my guess... or my more than slightly satirical view of the right wing.
Have they not taken one nanosecond to realize that this proposal flies in the face of everything from the Civil Rights Act to the concept of the open, nonjudgmental society we're supposedly promoting around the world? Emphasis on supposedly. And don't even get me started on the imposition of an official language inflaming tensions between social groups, to say nothing of international relations.
This makes the idea of our promoting democracy here there and everywhere that much more laughable... granted that isn't hard to do to begin with. So it's another case of do as I say, not as I do, is it? God, what am I still doing in this bloody country?
and this coming down from a right-leaning Congress lead by a president who can barely master his choice for "official" languages. Nucular indeed.
Todos los ciudadanos educados y creen que los libertidades civiles y derechos humanos deben continuar, levantanse y hacen los politicos oirlos!
Take *that* to your capital hill and smoke it.
I've just heard via the BBC that the US Congress is attempting to pass a legislation amending the constitution so that English would become the official language of the United States.
What the *colorful phrases in several languages* do they think they're doing? The answer would probably be some long-winded speech heavy on the rhetoric and involving words like "fitting in" and "should be thankful", unless I miss my guess... or my more than slightly satirical view of the right wing.
Have they not taken one nanosecond to realize that this proposal flies in the face of everything from the Civil Rights Act to the concept of the open, nonjudgmental society we're supposedly promoting around the world? Emphasis on supposedly. And don't even get me started on the imposition of an official language inflaming tensions between social groups, to say nothing of international relations.
This makes the idea of our promoting democracy here there and everywhere that much more laughable... granted that isn't hard to do to begin with. So it's another case of do as I say, not as I do, is it? God, what am I still doing in this bloody country?
and this coming down from a right-leaning Congress lead by a president who can barely master his choice for "official" languages. Nucular indeed.
Todos los ciudadanos educados y creen que los libertidades civiles y derechos humanos deben continuar, levantanse y hacen los politicos oirlos!
Take *that* to your capital hill and smoke it.
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I have nothing against immigration or maintaining a connection to one's culture, I feel that's very important, but I also think if you choose to live here you really should learn to speak English. It's a statistical fact that if you don't speak English you are at a strong disadvantage. I also feel that encouraging illegal immigrants to be able to work is doing them a great disservice. They are not protected by employment laws and they cannot report their employers for abuse. They are not entitled to minimum wage (which is still a joke). I have to wonder if people who are so insistent on any immigrant's right to work really support the exploitation of laborers? Why else would they encourage it?
I just don't get it.