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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:46 PM Original message |
Sign the petition to make Spanish the official language of the U.S.A. |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because English HAS BEEN our language since the day we arrived... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. What language has been spoken at Acoma Pueblo for 1,000 years? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Keres? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. ¡Que ridículo! |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Since the day WHO arrived |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Alright, point taken. But as stated it IS the language of our forefathers |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. maybe YOUR forefathers |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. IT IS THE LANGUAGE OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON, AND THE LANGUAGE THAT... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. so what, "our" country was founded on racism and slavery too |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. My point is that ENGLISH IS THE LANGUAGE WE SPEAK |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. i dunno "we" speak lots of languages around here |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Is it? We need to unify under one language. It must be English.. |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. why? |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Youre misunderstanding the point here. We need to have at least a basis |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:16 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. We need to do it because it's the right thing to do! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. We managed to get by for over 200 years without a "national language" |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Not everywhere... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Like these people? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
35. those who insist on english as the national language should be able |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. There were more than 500 Nations here BEFORE you arrived. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 02:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. since the day the white europeans invaded, you mean? you do remember |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Did the people who were kidnapped and brought here on slave ships |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. i thought the vikings got here first |
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Jack from Charlotte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Yeh. Vikings were here 1st so Swedish should be the official language of.. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. self-delete |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. The Dutch didn't speak English |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-26-06 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. English as our official language isn't absurd (nt) |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. Just another smoke screen... |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well, it was the language of the founding fathers. n/t |
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diamondsndust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. My Cherokee founding fathers were here before your European |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
11. I vote for Proto-Indo-European n/t |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. mmm, PIE |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
23. How about a common language everybody speaks? Profanity. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Fucking-A! |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
24. So where's the petition? |
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Conan_The_Barbarian (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
26. I have a simple idea that will work perfectly |
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Jason9612 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. AND THE RESULT WOULD BE ENGLISH |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. No, actually most would respond with the non-existant language of.... |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
29. Actually, I'd sign that |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I would too. I was disappointed there wasn't a link. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. How about a Native American language instead |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Nope. English Will Do Just Fine. |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. this is so much BS |
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