I'm not moving to Mexico any time soon...
or hospitals...
Why would you want to do that? That would be the same as buying the car you already own :biggrin:
If you are indeed Polish in background and not just a garden variety racist, I guess I have to regret that 70 years ago the Nazis stopped short with your ancestors.
Just wait until the LPGA bans lesbians...it will be so much easier to make the cut.
Why not make the people coming to this country learn English? When immigration from Ireland, Italy, Poland, etc, etc was huge in the early 1900s, people learned the language because they knew it's what they needed to do to be a functioning part of society.or hospitals...
You people do realize that 'minorities' are supposed to exceed the present majority population in the not too distant future. Might want to get used to being in multilingual nation. *gasp* how un-American!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/15/population.race
why is he the racist? it's the lpga which is haunted by the up & coming asian tsunami. either that or the lexicon of golf words was becoming too vast to manage.
I'm aware of that. Though percentage of blacks is predicted to remain stable. The point is that the days of 'white American' are numbered, and I think a better awareness is needed, as opposed to simply banning people for not speaking the native language. It's important to learn the native language of a nation, but America is far too rooted in its monoliguistic attitude. Most other countries do a far better job of teaching their youth foreign languages.
Yeah but the remaining 54% of people will be young, while the average white person will be hmmmm old as McCain.
If I scream "CPR!" and they it means "Cinco para relájese", then yes.
If I recall correctly youre a Christian*. Aren't you charged with going out into the world and preaching the gospel? Wouldn't that be a bit easier knowing a bit of another language, even in America? *If youre not, well than disregard that.$tinkle said:
I dunno if extreme examples help here. Have you seen the standardized tests teachers have to take before they can teach? As I've stated before somone who does not speak the native language will be limited in job placement. Even in foregin countries alot of bussiness if conducted in English, so if you can't speak it, than yeah that's going to hurt your ability to get higher profile jobs. But my issue is that America seems set on setting up road blocks on simple things like medical attention, financial assistance, etc etc. Oh yeah and golf...not sure why you'd wanny play anyways though.
the great commission is to go & make disciples, which means create relationships & earn the right to be heard. i'm not sure how that plays into the lpga rulebook of official language. i hope you're not trying to be manipulative
No I'm not trying to be manipulative, I'm just confused on your stance considering 'the great commission Relationships are contingent upon communication. This is something the church has actually done quite well, as it's common for larger churches to do multiple services in different languages.
Being able to speak the native language comes in quite handy when the boy is pulling up his size 6x underpants and you need to remind him that if he tells anyone what just happened he's going to burn in hell for eternity.
apparently, it needs repeating: "the problem isn't immigrants, it's illegal immigrants"
Word to that.
Uh, actually most of my Grandfather's family was wiped out by Hitler. Try again..
Different issue, and I agree it's a problem, though I don't know if we agree on the solution. Irregardlessably, that is not the topic of this thread. The topic of this thread is that all legal immigrants (since you can't require immigrants that are already illegal to do anything) should be required to learn English.
Right, you have no problem with someone who's different from you as long as they speak and act just like you. Makes perfect sense.
If you travel to another land, you're on ****ing vacation you dip****. You're not a 50 year old uneducated single parent refugee that is stuck digging ditches and mopping floors two shifts a day just to send your three kids to public school so they can learn english, and therefore can't make it to night classes yourself.
and here i thought the topic was the lpga imposing an english proficiency requirement from its members, which appears to target about a dozen asians, and not the greater number of grounds-keepers, who are not subject to this policy
I believe the (implicit) argument was put forth that we should all (people, organizations, nation) follow the example of the LPGA in making English proficiency a requirement (however vague that idea may be for varying situations). If that was not the poster's intent, I'll withdraw my statement.
but if he did it, i'm relatively confident it would be done using a passport & going through customs
if i didn't want to get deported for illegal immigration, i'd lay low & assimilate, too
Whether I was a refugee, Illegal Immigrant, visiting, or in the army taking the place over I'd learn the language of the people that live there.
They're a business. An enterprise. I would venture a guess that requiring their members/competitors to have at least a tertiary knowledge of the English language is due to their marketing department.
And had they gone one person further, I wouldn't have had to waste time reading your vapid and factually incorrect post.
