>From a policy standpoint, if the corporate policy is you learn English to have your job, then that is the rule.
If you deal with people, inside the company or out, and they want you to communicate in English then, those are the rules. If there is to be an official language I would only want it to be used at a government level, saying that laws and contracts need to be in English, and that in order to get a drivers license you have to be able to speak and read some English. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 3:30 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: English in America in trouble? > > me either. The official language deal is a slippery slope argument and > a bad one at that. I'm an agnostic on whether these particular workers > should have been fired. If they were janitors or even sorters, why is > language a legitimate job requirement? I might see it for front-line > store clerks, depending onthe neighborhood. I suppose it might be legit > if the manager didn't speak Spanish.... but on the whole....Newt is > just stirring the pot is my opinion. And probably defending racism. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:233733 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
