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DinoDoc
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AECCP loves Democracy
Sep 1999
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Originally posted by Ramo
My point was, how am I supposed to compare the dual to single-language policy with only the dual figure? |
If you're going to assert that the cost differences between the two systems isn't that signifigant, I assume that you have some basis for comparison other than what was provided.
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Learn the meaning of "<" before ranting about "prejudice." |
Learn the meaning of the word paternalism before ranting at me unless you have access to information that compares the proportion of hispanics v. other foreign minorities are not literate in English.
According to the LA Times, the Los Angeles City Council prints all its public notices in the six foreign languages spoken there in addition to English, which doubles its annual printing budget to $1 million.
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Again, you're assuming that everyone can learn the language adequately. |
Why are you assuming that one can not reach a literate level when given incentive to?
Last edited by DinoDoc on 09-03-2002 at 08:35
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Ramo
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Austin, Texas, USA
Oct 1999
time: 23:18
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If you're going to assert that the cost differences between the two systems isn't that signifigant, I assume that you have some basis for comparison other than what was provided. |
You asserted that the cost difference is "tens of billions of dollars." And you used Canada's figure to back it up. It's up to you to back that up.
Honestly, I don't know what the figure is, exactly. I imagine that it isn't too significant.
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Learn the meaning of the word paternalism before ranting at me unless you have access to information that compares the proportion of hispanics v. other foreign minorities are not literate in English. |
What are you on about? I wrote <3%. I only set an upper bound, which you admitted yourself.
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According to the LA Times, the Los Angeles City Council prints all its public notices in the six foreign languages spoken there in addition to English, which doubles its annual printing budget to $1 million. |
Source?
First of all, we're only dealing with two languages federally. Secondly, the extra cost is incurred in coming up with the designs. Since we're dealing with far more copies, we can reasonably expect that the cost to copy would be far, far more signficant. So six languages federally would logically produce a far less than 100% increase.
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Caligastia
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Originally posted by MrFun
I believe one of the great things about humanity is its diversity.
Language is one of the components of any culture in any part of the world. So, isn't a country that declares one language to be official basically saying that it does not appreciate humanity's diversity to some extent? |
If you take a group of people and teach them all the same language they will always be more united than a group of people that dont all speak the same language. What do you prefer? Unity or diversity?
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Caligastia
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Originally posted by MrFun
I think you can have unity between people who are bilingual and people who are monolingual.
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No you cant. Unless there is a common language there will always be tension and misunderstanding.
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