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Re: [Treason?

Date:1:34 pm Sat Nov 18, 1995
Number:#150
From:Temujin
Base:Bomb_NET Debate
To:Molson
Subj:Re: [Treason?
M> true...but if you look...more Quebecers are Biligual then Ontario....and
M> countries like Germany, Sweden, Etc...they have like 3 official languages..a
M> most speak all 3...could be more effort on the English part here..
G>
G> Yeah, but if you know English you can talk to just about anyone in the world
G> because everyone else can speak it. Why should we learn their language??
M>
M> for the same reason they learn ours...just because english is more spoken
M> world wide...doesn't mean everyone should change to speak it..
T> If everyone did can you think of how many problems could be solved by a worl
T> that speaks only 1 language, quite a few.
M>
M> ya...but that isn't a plausible solution...and theres no point to dabling in
M> pointless solutions is there?
It is plausible, at the time of slavery all the africans that were brought
over were taught and know english in time. I mean it may take a generation
or 2 but that would pretty much be all that is needed.

--- Renegade v10-05 Exp
* Origin: SiLiCoN DReaMS [519] -=- 28.8 (2662:519/110)

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M> true...but if you look...more Quebecers are Biligual then Ontario....and     
M> countries like Germany, Sweden, Etc...they have like 3 official languages..a 
M> most speak all 3...could be more effort on the English part here..           
G>                                                                              
G> Yeah, but if you know English you can talk to just about anyone in the world 
G> because everyone else can speak it.  Why should we learn their language??    
M>                                                                              
M> for the same reason they learn ours...just because english is more spoken    
M> world wide...doesn't mean everyone should change to speak it..               
T> If everyone did can you think of how many problems could be solved by a worl 
T> that speaks only 1 language, quite a few.                                    
M>                                                                              
M> ya...but that isn't a plausible solution...and theres no point to dabling in 
M> pointless solutions is there?                                                
It is plausible, at the time of slavery all the africans that were brought      
over were taught and know english in time.   I mean it may take a generation    
or 2 but that would pretty much be all that is needed.                          
                                                                                
--- Renegade v10-05 Exp                                                         
 * Origin: SiLiCoN DReaMS [519] -=- 28.8 (2662:519/110)