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Originally posted by baltassoc
You're the one who brought taxes into this. It's your sense of entitlement that's at issue. You seem to think that you should have the right to demand documents be only in English because you're a taxpayer. But other people who pay taxes but speak another language? Fuck them.
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You were the first one to mention taxes. You asked if I still expected them to pay taxes even if the documents were not in their language. You are the king of the straw man argument. I never said I thought documents should only be in English because I pay taxes. Where the hell did that come from? It has nothing to do with taxes or my "sense of entitlement". Documents should be in English because that is the language of the nation. And the fact that that is being disputed just helps solidify the argument of why we need the legislation.
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Originally posted by baltassoc I'm actually in favor of a strong English education in our schools. I think ESL courses are not taught correctly. But this statute doesn't address that. I think that learning a passing level of English should be a requirement for naturalization citizenship (oh wait - it is!). This law doesn't address that, either. Instead, it's almost wholely symbolic.
This is a non-issue. But somebody thinks it's important, and I'm pretty sure those same people (or their kids) are going to be the ones bitching the loudest when Spanish becomes as widely spoken as English in this country.
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Why do you find it so important to focus on who is going to be complaining when Spanish is widely spoken in this country?
