Does your child speak Spanish?

cardinal5150 wrote:

Jugomugo wrote:I guess he'd prefer to see them refused medical services if they don't speak English.

Yes... if they can't speak it, it means they are here illegally and forcing the rest of us to pay for them.

Can your daughter speak English yet? What's the difference between someone who's born here and someone who naturalizes legally... isn't that in a metaphorical sense like a "birth" into American citizenship?

cardinal5150 wrote:

Jugomugo wrote:I guess he'd prefer to see them refused medical services if they don't speak English.

Yes... if they can't speak it, it means they are here illegally and forcing the rest of us to pay for them.

How does not speaking English mean they are here illegally?

I assume Card is being facetious right? There are many things that can hinder communication between emergency crews and victims/bystanders, spoken language being just one of them.

Indeed...there have been good examples already, but need I mention the deaf? Or someone with disabilities who has a hard time communicating?

SavoyTruffle wrote:Indeed...there have been good examples already, but need I mention the deaf? Or someone with disabilities who has a hard time communicating?

LOL...could be kind of hard for a mime...

SavoyTruffle wrote:Indeed...there have been good examples already, but need I mention the deaf? Or someone with disabilities who has a hard time communicating?

This is briiliant... for every illegal alien we find In the US, we should ship a handicapped person to Mexico

I'm getting a little bit nervous because it seems like Card is trying to beat me to my own uber-elitist dictatorship destiny...

pez wrote:we should ship a handicapped person to Mexico

If they're not injured already, we'll have to take care of that before we drop them off.

meta4 wrote:I'm getting a little bit nervous because it seems like Card is trying to beat me to my own uber-elitist dictatorship destiny...

Relax meta, you're the best uber-elitist I know...

If a person was to move to another country how can they possibly expect NOT to get around without a simple understanding of the language?

I don't get it.

Oliver's Army wrote:If a person was to move to another country how can they possibly expect NOT to get around without a simple understanding of the language?

I don't get it.

What's not to get? People speak English everywhere! Ugh, I hate that I'll sound like Bill Gates but... "Where do you want to go today?"

I'll just call you Lil' Billymeta then or Lil' MetaBilly, you choose.

And yes, everywhere people are speaking english these days. Even in Quebec.

Canuck wrote:I'll just call you Lil' Billymeta then or Lil' MetaBilly, you choose.

And yes, everywhere people are speaking english these days. Even in Quebec.

Neither, thanks. I like 'meta' just fine.

Canuck wrote:I'll just call you Lil' Billymeta then or Lil' MetaBilly, you choose.

And yes, everywhere people are speaking english these days. Even in Quebec.

You of all people Canuck should understand the need for the common language. The French and English language arguement almost tore your country apart.

By show of hands... how many here would go to Germany, Italy, Russia, Korea, Japan, etc and NOT learn the language there? At least learn the basics so you can keep yourself safe?

Is it really that hard to expect people who want to live here to do a little more?

No.

I demand that all the signage, business forms, legal outlets, retail stores to reconfigure to my language and emergency help to understand EVERTHING I say or write.

Now.

Or I protest.

Oliver's Army wrote:No.

I demand that all the signage, business forms, legal outlets, retail stores to reconfigure to my language and emergency help to understand EVERTHING I say or write.

Now.

Or I protest.

I can't disagree.

I don't think it was necessarily the language that nearly tore the country apart, it was the politicians playing a dangerous game I think.