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Originally posted by StormBerlin
America doesn't have a national language. It is unfair for us to be that selfish and self absorbed to think that even though it isn't a legal issue, they should learn to speak English anyway. On that note, every last one of us could be required to speak Spanish and no one could complain.
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So let me get this straight. If a president signed a piece of paper saying Englsh is our official language, it would be okay to require others to speak it because our wonderful all-knowing government said it is. But since's it's a de facto part of our culture rather than a law, it's "selfish and self absorbed" to expect others to speak our language. Whatever.
You move to Germany, you speak German. Move to China, speak Chinese. So why in the hell is it so wrong for people who move to America to speak English?