What I meant by the psychological level is the societal trend towards acceptance and allowance of this behavior.
On Dec 6, 7:18 pm, dj Briscoe <[email protected]> wrote: > What do you mean on the psychological level? I think when you take overload > to carry other countries and it breaks you ...Then you need to look at > this..Thank You Slip for being concern..This is out of my uhmm ..I do not > know the answers are solutions to help on this..and you see what is strange > is Mexico started making US have Passports just recent and I do not > understand this..It could be for more border controll also...but I dont know > what you mean on psychological level please give me some examples.. > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > I might add that this is NOT a Race Issue but simply a real issue > > concerning immigration and the special treatment toward a specific > > segment of society. If it were any other culture the "Issue" would > > remain the same. The fact that this is issue is directed towards the > > Hispanic community is entirely "Coincidental" and not any intentional > > attack upon a culture/race. The signs in question are obviously > > English/Spanish. If the issue were confined to border towns it would > > be a different story and one of minimal consequence. However, when > > you have states in the far northern tier of the country having to > > expend much needed tax revenue on new signage to accommodate > > immigrants, it becomes an issue worth looking at. > > The issue is the "why" of it. Immigrants have never had such > > accommodation, not the Polish, Irish, German, Italian, Jewish or any > > other immigrants. Why is this happening? > > If you think about it, this could be a psychological issue on the > > social level and not just an economic issue on the corporate/ > > government level. > > > On Dec 6, 10:30 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Overall it is catering to a specific immigrant culture. > > > > There is a huge billboard down the highway from me which features a > > > Wells Fargo ad entirely in Spanish so I don't see that as being > > > encouraging at all to the assimilation process. In fact I personally > > > feel that it is telling me that I'm not that important anymore as a > > > customer. It's not just in City Offices that this signage issue is > > > taking place, it is happening everywhere you go. > > > I personally feel the Spanish portion of the signs should be covered > > > up with a bumper sticker that reads. "Aprenda Inglese". The > > > ridiculous signs are the ones like "telephone/telephono" > > > What is the difference between those too words? Are people that > > > stupid that they don't know what the word telephone means? > > > > I'm certainly not saying they should leave the country as in the link, > > > but my issue is that they should take the time to learn the language > > > of the country to which they emigrated. Would it make sense for > > > millions of English speaking people to emigrate to a foreign country, > > > eg; Germany, and have them produce new signage on tax dollars to > > > accommodate our refusal to learn the German language? > > > >http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0508/522475.html > > > > Does it really take a sign for someone to realize crossing a highway > > > is dangerous? Should we change "ALL" the stop signs in the country to > > > read "STOP/PARADA? Next thing you know some Iraqi will get killed > > > driving through the intersection opening the way for a lawsuit against > > > the city for not providing signs in the Arabic language. > > > > The bridges are a good idea because they serve "everyone" unlike the > > > signs that only serve "Hispanics". That is not fair to all the other > > > "non English speaking" immigrants that come here from "other" > > > countries. Why special treatment of Hispanics? > > > > They move here, live eat and work here, and raise families here. I > > > think it is a blatant unwillingness to change. > > > >http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=31927 > > > > It really seems to me that it is Not a matter of being Politically > > > correct but more a matter of insult and discrimination against "ALL" > > > other immigrants to this country. Why are we catering to "Only" the > > > Hispanic population and why are they unwilling to learn English? > > > > Did anyone ever consider how difficult it is getting for everyone else > > > to have to deal with this double language issue? I personally don't > > > know any Hispanics that don't speak English so if they can do it why > > > not the rest? > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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