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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

No I meant to say illegal.


103 posted on 08/09/2005 5:21:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Ok, still a bit over the top.

Remember, we don't don't have an official language. The closest we came was when German was defeated by a very narrow margin near the close of the 18th century. But not having an official language has worked out ok.

The American culture is like the Borg. Any other culture we touch, we absorb the best features of and put our spin on it. Drive down one of the main roads in my town (Springfield, Mo) and you see eateries of all different cultures. Mexican, Greek, Italian, Chinese, and Thai just to name a few. And all Americans know the dishes. From a gyro, to a burrito, to veal Parmigiana. We absorb it all... and then make it American!

Heck, we stole the croissant from the French and turned it into the "croissandwich"!

And our language has foreign elements too. We might celebrate Oktoberfest (German) in El Cajon (Spanish), California (Spanish), or celebrate Cinco de Mayo (Spanish)in Straussburg (German), Illinois (French). Heck, they even have a State Holiday for Casamir Pulaski in Illinois!

The point is that while the PC morons have tried to create a diversity of cultures in America, many have swung too far and forgotten it was the diversity within the common culture that made America great!

Our culture needs to change to keep growing. Cultures that stagnate die a horrible, painful death. Ask the French.


111 posted on 08/09/2005 5:31:56 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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