"ray" <xxxrayted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:xxxrayted-5EC183.21240101052006@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> In article <m4h5g.10353$Lm5.1727@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "M.Butzin" <mfbutzin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> "ray" <xxxrayted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:xxxrayted-4DC641.00103801052006@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > In article <svf5g.211925$Oe2.64885@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > Tim Howard <tim.howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >> This is a serious and simple question: why is everyone so upset
that
>> >> a
>> >> record company in UK has recorded a Spanish-language version of "The
>> >> Star Spangled Banner"? I have read and heard calls for censor****p
of
>> >> the song and of anyplace who sells it etc. Even GW has weighed in
>> >> saying people should sing the anthem in English.
>> >>
>> >> What do they think is going to be the result of such a recording?
It
>> >> certainly doesn't mean no one will still be signing it in English if
>> >> they want. It doesn't mean Mexicans have "taken over" the USA. If
>> >> hispanics want to sing the national anthem in Spanish why should
>> >> anyone
>> >> give a damn?
>> >
>> > For the simple fact it's just another baby step towards a
multilingual
>> > country propelled by the Mexicans. It started slow years ago. First
>> > it
>> > was instructions on devices and products you purchase from the store.
>> > Then it went to customer service with your credit card or perhaps
your
>> > cable company. It advanced from there to your utility companies and
>> > even Government services. Now it's the National Anthem.
>> >
>> > Besides the Mexicans, we have another movement of people from the
>> > Middle
>> > East. But do you see them forcing Arabic down the throats of the
>> > United
>> > States citizens? Of course not. They come here--learn the language
>> > and
>> > participate in the American dream. THIS IS AMERICA DAMN IT! Nobody
in
>> > this country should have to be asked what language they would like to
>> > communicate in. If you don't know (or resist) the English language,
go
>> > back to where you belong. This country is for Americans and those
who
>> > wish to become Americans, The Asians didn't ask our country to adapt
>> > to
>> > their language, neither did the Arabs and neither did the Europeans.
>> > Because if have to push one more damn button on my telephone to
>> > indicate
>> > to the company I am dealing with that I wish to speak English in my
own
>> > country, I'm going to break yet another telephone in my home. Kick
all
>> > these bastards out of our country.
>> >
>> > --
>> > --Conservatives deal with facts, liberals deal with emotion--
>>
>> You go Ray! It not just that it was sung in Spanish, BUT that some of
the
>> words were changed and added some other words.
>>
>> If your a Brit it amounts to ****ing with the song God Save the
>> Queen.....
>>
>> When in Rome do as the Romans do.... Learn the Language, learn the
>> customs
>> become a citizen, or go back home.
>>
>> I'm with you on this one Ray.......
>
> Without a doubt. Years ago, I could somewhat understand. Today, we
> have handheld language converters as small as a pack of cigarettes,
> computer programs and free cl***** to learn English. The only excuse
> they have is laziness, and that excuse is unacceptable to me.
>
> We built this country, we pumped trillions upon trillions to make it a
> good place to be and we lost millions of people in war to protect this
> Nation. All they have to do is cross the border and enjoy all of the
> things we created here. I don't think it's asking too much to learn the
> damn language.
Go into central Mexico and speak english, you be looked at like you lost
your mind. And Americans cannot own land in Mexico unless your married to
a
national then the national has the "rights" to the land if divorced.
>
> --
> --Conservatives deal with facts, liberals deal with emotion--
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