I think our immigrant grandparents were eager to learn English, our laws and distinct culture and leave theirs behind. No more. School and voting flyers come in several languages. I hobble through French and Latin (:-)) and I have gotten to the point that I will not deal with foreign gypsies- by language, headscarves or whatever and have to bite my tongue frequently. But I'm thinking: You're in AMERICA, dude and dudette! Shape up or ship out!
On Dec 7, 6:58 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I see your point. However, I'm not ready to pass laws telling > businesses how to advertise. We do too much of that already in my > opinion. Wells Fargo you say? Wellllll, maybe in their case we, as > tax payers, should dictate how they advertise. And who they loan to > as well. I have a novel suggestion for them. It's based on an > obscure, little known financial factoid. Ready? 'Don't give money to > people that can't afford to pay you back.' That's it. With this > unique business model a bank CAN succeed. According to this article > they seem to have gotten the opposite message from this sage advice. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/09/eveningnews/main4788018.shtml > > I know plenty of people that don't speak English. Half the Mexican > restaurants I frequent and at Canino's farmer's market on Airline. If > they know English they sure don't speak it to me. I would prefer > there was a way to encourage assimilation without making it illegal to > use their language. Spoken or written. The whole idea seems icky to > me. A good start would be to stop having tax payers pick up the tab > for extra signage. A better idea is to stop paying for translators in > the court system. If they aren't here legally then let them pick up > the tab to defend themselves. I think it's stupid to give > non-citizens the same rights and privileges legal citizens have. It > completely removes the incentive to become an actual citizen. It > does, however, make it more likely for them to vote for the person > that supports them. Trust me; plenty of votes come from illegals. At > least here in Houston. Which is the answer to your "Why" questions. > It's all about the vote. > > -Don > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 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]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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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