Yes,Yes,---I think you must Jest...(laugh)ha ha:] On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:23 AM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]<minds-eye%[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]<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. 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