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Old 03-12-2012, 12:18 PM
 
Location: Texas
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If they feel the need, they should. If they don't, they should be able to choose. That is fundamental to personal freedoms.
Do you think we should all have to learn 100+ languages to accommodate everyone?
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:20 PM
 
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How much of our tax dollars go to pay for government tranlators to tend to these lazy non english speakers. How do you even function? If I moved to another country I would learn their language out of common courtesy and I doubt any lunatics running around there would circle the wagons and defend my "right" to not learn their language. What is going on in this country?????
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Do you think we should all have to learn 100+ languages to accommodate everyone?
Worry about self. Leave others alone, and on their own. Personal Freedom 101.
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:21 PM
 
Location: North America
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If they feel the need, they should. If they don't, they should be able to choose. That is fundamental to personal freedoms.

E.S., I disagree, point out one country, other than the U.S. that you would need to learn the native language. It's a matter of survival. There are enough English as a second language courses offered for free to help those who don't speak the language.
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Worry about self. Leave others alone.
Should government agencies have to hire people who speak all these different languages so as to accommodate all the different languages spoken by the American public?
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:22 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Should government agencies have to hire people who speak 100+ languages to accommodate everyone?
Which government agency? (We have several levels of government)
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:23 PM
 
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Which government agency? (We have several levels of government)
Exactly
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:24 PM
 
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It'll be interesting to see how far this goes.
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:25 PM
 
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Why is speaking & making the county language English racist?
We've gone for 235 years without an official language. Why have one now?
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Old 03-12-2012, 12:27 PM
 
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When the dealers at the craps table can't understand what a guy wants to bet on it's time to get an official language.
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