View Single Post
  #10  
Old 09-21-2006, 05:49 PM
John Doe John Doe is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 101
Quote:
Originally Posted by dculkin View Post
Why do we need an official language?
Got to Burlington, NC and there are so many Mexicans living there, there are car dealerships, mobile phone stores (and of course mercados) that have signeage completely in Spanish and no one in the stores speak English.

What if a hospital in Brownsville decided to do this and you and your wife and kids had just moved there, didn't speak espanol and your kid had to go to the hospital, and you know what I am trying to say.

The Mexican kids in the schools in NC are a huge burden on the system that has to make special accomodations for them.

I also think if they want to live here so damn bad, they ought to have to take a freaking english language competency test to get their green cards, visas or ultimately citizenship.

I think it is a matter of uniformity that makes things simpler. How do all you Canada worshipping liberals feel about Quebec's ban on english? And that ain't no snope
Reply With Quote