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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Michael M who wrote (31283)	10/8/2001 5:47:34 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Right on, Michael We have moved light-years beyond merely tolerating "others" (note: code word that we all assume means people who have come here from other cultures). Now, we are expected to adapt to their cultures. Language, for example. It's much too much to expect people who speak Spanish to bother to learn English, even if we grant them citizenship in what was supposed to be an English-speaking nation.. It's less anal of us if we just learn to speak their language, because, what the heck, their language is as good as ours, isn't it? Around here, in Boston, police officers have been criticized for firing upon citizens who don't understand commands in English. While a suspect holds a gun on them, they are supposed to call for an interpreter (this being an intermediate step to them learning Spanish themselves). And I'm not picking on Latinos (is that acceptable or offensive? I can't keep track). Anyway, the same principle will soon be employed to all the world's languages. Oh, well whatever.

To: Michael M who wrote (31283)	10/8/2001 6:37:56 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I have no idea what you mean by "enough is enough". In a free country, I don't see how you can do that and still be free. You can be sort of free. And the more enough you say, the less free you are. Tolerance isn't for the other guy, you do it for yourself (imo). Obviously people disagree. And in a free country you should have the right to be as intolerant as you want- as long as you don't cause physical harm to others. I have always stood up for the rights of the intolerant- and I don't do it for the intolerant, again, I do it for myself.