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Re: Should English be the official US language? [message #363387 is a reply to message #362792] Tue, 16 December 2008 17:22 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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I am against legislating speech, but I am also against my tax dollars going to pay for public schools to be taught in other languages, or to offer driver's permit tests to be in any other languages, or any other form of government sponsored pandering to other languages. Our laws are written in English. We speak English. Speak whatever language you wish, but don't expect Americans to learn your language--you should be learning English.

On a completely different note, I think American students suck at foreign languages compared to other countries, and there should be an effort to fix this.
 
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