[Grovenet] ear mark this!

[Steven]

Wrong Walt. You're spinning. An official language will not stop or
discriminate against anyone. Without english being the official language,
how could the govt wrap their heads around teaching it? Why is it the
goverments job to teach the langage. Don't call names that don't apply.

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From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com]On
Behalf Of Walt Wentz
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 1:37 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] ear mark this!


Maybe try re-casting the argument as follows:
"33 Senators voted against the essentially meaningless attempt to
denigrate and discriminate against persons who still speak the
language of their land of birth--and who would probably begin
speaking English if adequate teaching programs were made available by
our government, instead of these shallow and mean-spirited appeals to
xenophobia."
Walt

>I did not snoop this, nor do I plan to. However knowing the grove folks
>as I do .. someone will...
>
>33 Senators Voted Against English as America's Official Language
>On June 6, 2007, 33 Senators Voted Against English as America's Official
>Language. On Wed. 6 June 2007, 23:35:23-0500, Colonel Harry Riley , USA
>, Ret. wrote:
>
>Senators: