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To: neolib who wrote (187574)	5/27/2006 9:56:15 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 281500

Others than oceans and the fact that we don't occupy any of their holy sites Oceans won't stop them. And staying out of "sites" won't help. Among the brainwashed there will always be many who will take literally the injunction to convert everyone. You really didn't answer Hawk's statement.

To: neolib who wrote (187574)	5/27/2006 10:28:00 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Others than oceans and the fact that we don't occupy any of their holy sites. Yup, that worked real well almost five years ago, didn't it? And occupying one of the their holy sites was precisely one of the grievances - we had dared station our infidel soldiers on the land of the two holy cities, at the request of its corrupt rulers. I think we all need better protection than that.

To: neolib who wrote (187574)	5/28/2006 3:08:07 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 281500

Others than oceans and the fact that we don't occupy any of their holy sites. Oceans don't help anymore Neolib.. 9/11 should have taught that lesson. We have millions of muslims in this country, and probably 99% of them are supportive of the American cause of promoting moderate Islam and democracy in the Mid-East. But 1% of a million is STILL a lot of potential Jihadists potentially plotting and financially supporting the Islamo-Fascists. English has had a pretty good run, its been the dominant language in my area for about 150 years. For some reason, many people think it will last forever now. Listen.. I'm all for Bi-Lingual education. I can speak some passable Spanish myself. But if I move to Mexico, or Spain and try to obtain citizenship, or even function in those societies, I'd better speak some Spanish. They aren't going to make English an official second language on my account. So I don't see why we're not demanding the same standard for Spanish speaking people working and living in this country. The only reason English will fade in the US is because we permit it. Hawk

To: neolib who wrote (187574)	5/28/2006 3:59:26 AM
From: geode00	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

It's not English, it's American. I can't understand some English speakers (some of it's vocabulary, some of it's accent) along with some Southern American speakers. The President of the United States garbles American time and again as do news anchors and teachers and others who should know better. Language is expression and communication, other than that who the heck cares what it is. Besides, much of what makes a language interesting is change. Aside from furrin' words, we have lots of new words and new usages all the time. We never used to use surf and click and google in the manner we do today. 100 years from now, American might well be unrecognizable.