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

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (31305)	10/8/2001 8:09:39 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<No one would be more equal than anyone else, in any respect. > George Orwell is rolling in his grave. LHFAO, that is. In Animal Farm, a satire at the expense of Russian Communism, the pigs, who ultimately became the overlords of the farm said, "All animals are created equal. Some are just MORE equal than others." stentorian.com

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (31305)	10/9/2001 12:38:47 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

You do not understand. At all. Do not try to tell me what I would do. Because you haven't a clue. You do not seem to be able to read what I actually write. Which makes writing to you at all kind of an exercise in futility for me.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (31305)	10/9/2001 8:32:29 AM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

Interesting post. There's much the same debate going on here, for the same reasons, against a backdrop of fewer pupils/students learning foreign languages - and the same rationale applies. The English have for a long time had an active minority very keen to learn other languages (although until Victorian times, mainly Latin and even ancient Greek were the preferred options <g>). But the majority speak no tongue except English... and that not always well... it's certainly noticed that many Dutch (for example) speak more precise, grammatically correct English than most natives. One of the stronger arguments being heard now is that when you learn another language, you tend to learn more about the culture and society of its main speakers, even if you never visit. It's thus very valuable in combating isolationism and xenophobia, and cultivating a more civilised, global outlook. In the UK, we still suffer from something of the old imperialist, better-than-thou attitude - "well, it's our world, and if you want to do anything you'll speak our language". IMO this is NOT a desirable trait... LOL, what happens when the Chinese start motoring on the world stage? Mandarin's extremely difficult for those not used to tonal languages and ideographs from shortly after birth... well-adapted to 32-bit computer comms though <g> [Me? I speak/read French tolerably, a smattering of other languages weakly, and can get by well in 4 computer dialects... I'm sometimes more tolerant of computers than of the French, LOL.]