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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2014, 03:39:50 pm »
They speak English in Mississippi?
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2014, 01:56:42 pm »
I'm not sure what people mean when they say "English should be the national language". To me, English IS the national language by virtue of being the sole language of US law.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2014, 02:05:24 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on November 21, 2014, 01:56:42 pm
I'm not sure what people mean when they say "English should be the national language". To me, English IS the national language by virtue of being the sole language of US law.

It is the only language in which US laws are written, true, but it's not the national language on account of there being no law defining any language as such.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2014, 02:22:24 pm »
Well, what would making English the national language change?
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2014, 03:07:33 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on November 21, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
Well, what would making English the national language change?

Probably nothing much. It's just that since it is the de facto national language and has been so for centuries, there's no serious pressing need to make it the de jure national language.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2014, 04:32:17 pm »
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I guess just getting rid of Mississippi is out of the question? America could really do with less of the crazy states. I mean, you don't need TWO Carolinas do you?

Sell it to Brazil. Not only do we fix the economy, but we also give Brazil a place to put its rain forest.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2014, 06:50:52 pm »
Quote from: Meshakhad on November 21, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
Well, what would making English the national language change?
I suspect that they are thinking it means that you can then ignore all those foreign languages (Spanish) and not have to accommodate them. Here in Canada you have a right to receive all government services in either official language; for any other language, they will see what they can do but don't hold your breath.

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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #22 on: November 21, 2014, 07:59:53 pm »
Quote from: Canadian Mojo on November 21, 2014, 06:50:52 pm
Quote from: Meshakhad on November 21, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
Well, what would making English the national language change?
I suspect that they are thinking it means that you can then ignore all those foreign languages (Spanish) and not have to accommodate them. Here in Canada you have a right to receive all government services in either official language; for any other language, they will see what they can do but don't hold your breath.

Many places, particularly ones with a large population of people for whom neither English nor French is their first language, will have government offices that offer services in commonly spoken other languages. I'd be pretty surprised if there was a government office in Vancouver that didn't have somebody that could serve you in Mandarin Chinese, for instance.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2014, 03:30:29 am »
Quote from: dpareja on November 21, 2014, 07:59:53 pm
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Quote from: Meshakhad on November 21, 2014, 02:22:24 pm
Well, what would making English the national language change?
I suspect that they are thinking it means that you can then ignore all those foreign languages (Spanish) and not have to accommodate them. Here in Canada you have a right to receive all government services in either official language; for any other language, they will see what they can do but don't hold your breath.

Many places, particularly ones with a large population of people for whom neither English nor French is their first language, will have government offices that offer services in commonly spoken other languages. I'd be pretty surprised if there was a government office in Vancouver that didn't have somebody that could serve you in Mandarin Chinese, for instance.
That's very true, but the government doesn't have to do that if it's not inclined to. In this particular case it sounds like people are bitter at hearing "press 1 for service in English..." and any official declaration of language would be quickly followed with the outlawing of government offices doing anything in other languages.
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2015, 12:49:36 am »
I would have thought that they would demand that American be the 'national language'.

On second thoughts, maybe by 'English' they mean the English in which the King James Babble is written - they done goin' seventeenth century style!
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Re: Mississippi group ignores the Constitution
« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2015, 01:10:30 am »
So if they get their way what, do they want to stone nonbelievers to death?

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