English/Spanish Bilingual PREFERRED (prison, drugs, amendment, constitutional)

[TKramar]

Originally Posted by Grasonville

This topic was never about people speaking their native language amongst themselves. Who cares? It is about the attempt of one culture to make another language equal and as prevalent as English when it comes to accomodations - I am positive I see no government pamphlets in Flillipino - I am sure I have never been asked to press "1" for Fillipino - and there is no doubt in my mind that if a Hispanic person walked into a store and the only clerks that were there spoke ONLY Fillipino they would walk out and vow to never return - they would NOT go running to the closest Fillipino language class

And they wouldn't bring a lawsuit against the company either, just because they couldn't be served.

[barinnas]

Originally Posted by Grasonville

This topic was never about people speaking their native language amongst themselves. Who cares? It is about the attempt of one culture to make another language equal and as prevalent as English when it comes to accomodations - I am positive I see no government pamphlets in Flillipino - I am sure I have never been asked to press "1" for Fillipino - and there is no doubt in my mind that if a Hispanic person walked into a store and the only clerks that were there spoke ONLY Fillipino they wowuld walk out and vow to never return - they would NOT go running to the closest Fillipino language class

Small detail that you're not mentioning- 60 million spanish speakers in the land, and fastest growing group, spanish is our second language and will
continue growing, at this rate english only peakers will only be found in communes like the polygamist in Texas, and militia communes, andale, andale!!!!!!!

[camping!]

Originally Posted by barinnas

Small detail that you're not mentioning- 60 million spanish speakers in the land, and fastest growing group, spanish is our second language and will
continue growing, at this rate english only peakers will only be found in communes like the polygamist in Texas, and militia communes, andale, andale!!!!!!!

And yet you wonder why native English speakers abhorr those (mostly) illegal Spanish speaking immigrants who refuse to learn English yet expect to be catered to.

[TKramar]

Originally Posted by 11thHour

In my opinion, no, unless they expected all the signage to be in Filipino, and/or if they wouldn't learn English and expected all the shipmates to learn Filipino to accommodate them.

They may have learned English...that didn't make them any easier to understand in English. Heavy, heavy accents.

I don't actually understand why they're permitted to serve in OUR Navy, since their country has NO allegiance to ours...

[Exedous]

Originally Posted by TKramar

They may have learned English...that didn't make them any easier to understand in English. Heavy, heavy accents.

I don't actually understand why they're permitted to serve in OUR Navy, since their country has NO allegiance to ours...

Who cares if they have heavy accents? The point is they learned English. Why not let anyone who wants to serve in our navy, serve in our damn navy? If they consider joining our Navy that show's THEIR allegiance to OUR country. What ever the hell their country does, does not reflect the actions of it's people.

[barinnas]

Originally Posted by camping!

And yet you wonder why native English speakers abhorr those (mostly) illegal Spanish speaking immigrants who refuse to learn English yet expect to be catered to.

You don't understand, Spanish is a language of the country, has been spoken
since 100 years before the pilgrims, so you better learn spanish or go the
communes.

[TKramar]

Originally Posted by Exedous

Who cares if they have heavy accents? The point is they learned English. Why not let anyone who wants to serve in our navy, serve in our damn navy? If they consider joining our Navy that show's THEIR allegiance to OUR country. What ever the hell their country does, does not reflect the actions of it's people.

No foreign person should be permitted to join our military. Conflict of interest.

I actually think they were GRANDFATHERED in, since they took "servant" roles back in the day...and continue to work in those occupations today.

[Exedous]

Originally Posted by TKramar

No foreign person should be permitted to join our military. Conflict of interest.

I actually think they were GRANDFATHERED in, since they took "servant" roles back in the day...and continue to work in those occupations today.

If your going to say idiotic statements, you must follow an idiotic analysis. Say why?

[TKramar]

Originally Posted by Exedous

If your going to say idiotic statements, you must follow an idiotic analysis. Say why?

Because foreigners...who never accept citizenship in our country, by the way...are more likely to want to support their own nations if there was any sort of military action involving that nation.

[Exedous]

Originally Posted by TKramar

Because foreigners...who never accept citizenship in our country, by the way...are more likely to want to support their own nations if there was any sort of military action involving that nation.

Support their nations in what way? where's your source? Why were there Japanese internment camps if there was no threat of the Japanese turning on Americans such as spying during WW2?