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by: beastmode Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 23, '17 11:28pm  
He took down the Spanish link. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 23, '17 11:33pm  
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, ahead of English.
This is one area that I really think America is choosing the wrong battle. we are so angry at illegal immigrants and pressing "1" that we are not only shooting ourselves in the foot, we are mistakenly doing it proudly!
 
It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 23, '17 11:37pm  
Hallelujah!!! Now, if Congress can get off of their butts and declare English as our national language, that would be great!
 
And before any of you libs go there, my mom spoke her parent's native tongue, until she went to school, which is where she learned English, and quite well, I might add. My grandma spoke 5 languages, but decided to speak English when she migrated. She would help others, using those other languages, but if she knew they spoke English, she would only speak to them in English, even though both of them might have felt better speaking in their native tongues. 4951
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beastmode Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 23, '17 11:38pm  
Germany is now deporting refugees if they fail to learn German in 5 years. Makes sense to me. We should go the same route. If people are not learning the language then they have no desire to gel into society and become legal citizens.   4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:23am  
Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, ahead of English.
This is one area that I really think America is choosing the wrong battle. we are so angry at illegal immigrants and pressing "1" that we are not only shooting ourselves in the foot, we are mistakenly doing it proudly!
 
It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever.

@BooBear:
 
 
By your illogic, there should also be a link to Mandarin. Countries are identified by the language they speak, partly. Spanish like all Latin based languages is ugly. And if Santa Ana would have been a half decent general we'd be talking Spanish now. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:25am  
Germany is now deporting refugees if they fail to learn German in 5 years. Makes sense to me. We should go the same route. If people are not learning the language then they have no desire to gel into society and become legal citizens.  

@beastmode: Amen to that. Importing a medieval culture into a modern culture.
 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:29am  

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>> Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, ahead of English.
This is one area that I really think America is choosing the wrong battle. we are so angry at illegal immigrants and pressing "1" that we are not only shooting ourselves in the foot, we are mistakenly doing it proudly!
 
It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever.
 
@BooBear:
 
 
By your illogic, there should also be a link to Mandarin. Countries are identified by the language they speak, partly. Spanish like all Latin based languages is ugly. And if Santa Ana would have been a half decent general we'd be talking Spanish now.
 
@farrell: not really. I believe it makes more sense for us to learn Spanish as they are our neighbor. If France were next door, it would be French. Yes, I realize a lot of Canadiens speak French and maybe if you lived up north it might be more beneficial to learn French.
I don't understand the illogical conclusion that a language is inherently bad. The consequences of that is that our children will be even more behind than we already are in the world.
 
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:31am  
Just wondering, did Obama add the Spanish option or was it there for Clinton and the Bushes? I would think the website would be available in multiple languages so people all over the world could read it, but I guess I'm just crazy. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:32am  
@ BooBear"It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever"
 
Good point! But by that same logic the Spanish speakers should be learning English.
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:35am  

@ BooBear"It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever"
 
Good point! But by that same logic the Spanish speakers should be learning English.
 
@bluewave:
 
I can almost guarantee with 100% confidence there there are more bilingual Spanish speakers than English. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:36am  

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>> Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, ahead of English.
This is one area that I really think America is choosing the wrong battle. we are so angry at illegal immigrants and pressing "1" that we are not only shooting ourselves in the foot, we are mistakenly doing it proudly!
 
It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever.
 
@BooBear:
 
 
By your illogic, there should also be a link to Mandarin. Countries are identified by the language they speak, partly. Spanish like all Latin based languages is ugly. And if Santa Ana would have been a half decent general we'd be talking Spanish now.
 
@farrell: not really. I believe it makes more sense for us to learn Spanish as they are our neighbor. If France were next door, it would be French. Yes, I realize a lot of Canadiens speak French and maybe if you lived up north it might be more beneficial to learn French.
I don't understand the illogical conclusion that a language is inherently bad. The consequences of that is that our children will be even more behind than we already are in the world.

@BooBear: I didn't say bad, I said ugly. When you write your reasoning, that is what I base my argument on. You used numerical value, not proximity. To use proximity, if Mexicans or other Central Americans come here as neighbors, why don't they bother to learn English first? As they are our neighbors.
 
 
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:39am  

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>> Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, ahead of English.
This is one area that I really think America is choosing the wrong battle. we are so angry at illegal immigrants and pressing "1" that we are not only shooting ourselves in the foot, we are mistakenly doing it proudly!
 
It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever.
 
@BooBear:
 
By your illogic, there should also be a link to Mandarin. Countries are identified by the language they speak, partly. Spanish like all Latin based languages is ugly. And if Santa Ana would have been a half decent general we'd be talking Spanish now.
 
@farrell: not really. I believe it makes more sense for us to learn Spanish as they are our neighbor. If France were next door, it would be French. Yes, I realize a lot of Canadiens speak French and maybe if you lived up north it might be more beneficial to learn French.
I don't understand the illogical conclusion that a language is inherently bad. The consequences of that is that our children will be even more behind than we already are in the world.
 
 
@BooBear:
 
Not going to learn any language by "pressing 1". I agree it is worth learning another language but also think they need to learn English as a primary objective. I know people living here for decades that you still can't understand. Assimilate is the name of the game if you want to get away from a career of menial labor. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:39am  
Before we get too heated on this discussion, Spicer has indicated they are working to bring the Spanish language portion back up, along with the disabled access link.  They are indicating it's just temporary as they rebuild the site.  It may or may not return, I am guessing if there is much of a backlash, Trump will say F U and make sure it doesn't.I agree with Boobear, we are behind other countries in getting our kids to learn a second language, and I fail to see how being bilingual as an individual is a bad thing, but that's a separate issue to having a large population of non English speakers. 4951
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beastmode Active Indicator LED Icon 12 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:43am  
@ BooBear"It has never hurt a person to know more than 1 language. Ever"
 
Good point! But by that same logic the Spanish speakers should be learning English.

@bluewave:
 
 
Nobody is arguing learning a 2ND language is a bad idea. It's encouraged in all our learning institutions, often not required, but certainly not frowned upon. When someone however does not speak the primary language they are a burden to that society. For us, no jury duty, no selective service. They are tasking everyone else out to to carry their bag of rocks. Imagine getting a jury duty letter in the mail stating this was suppose to go to Pepe Jose Gonzalez but he does not speak English so you have been selected instead. Same goes for a potential draft.   4951
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BooBear Active Indicator LED Icon 16
~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:43am  
why don't they bother to learn English first?
 
@farrell:
 
You would have to look into the education systems there for that answer. I dont know if it is taught in their schools but are you saying if they can't speak English then we won't speak Spanish!!! Who wins in that? Certainly not our kids. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jan 24, '17 8:45am  
Before we get too heated on this discussion, Spicer has indicated they are working to bring the Spanish language portion back up, along with the disabled access link.  They are indication it's just temporary as they rebuild the site.  It may or may not return, I am guessing if there is much of a backlash, Trump will say F U and make sure it doesn't.I agree with Boobear, we are behind other countries in getting our kids to learn a second language, and I fail to see how being bilingual as an individual is a bad thing, but that's a separate issue to having a large population of non English speakers.
 
Not being able to speak & write Spanish knocks you out of 30-40 percent of jobs, when seeking employment. I should have paid better attention in HS Spanish class.
 
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