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Should English be the official US language? [message #362554]

Wed, 10 December 2008 21:21

GEORGE ZIMMER
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Just somewhat curious. I had a discussion with a friend earlier, and we got onto the topic of whether or not English should be the official language of the US. It wouldn't mean you'd NEED to speak English at every given moment, but in order to become a citizen and the like, it should be required to know English.

Pros: Less lazy immigrants. If they can't speak any English and are in the US, it makes it easier to spot illegals.

Less confusion. A larger majority of people speaking English would just be easier in general.

Less possible crime rate that is a result of illegal immigrants. Probably sounds racist, but too bad. It's true, alot of areas with high amounts of illegals, juuust so happen to have equally high crime rates. Usually, anyways.

Cons: Makes us seem a bit more uptight, and hell, it may very well make America more uptight. Which we certainly don't need to be.

Could possibly mess up foreign relations, as we'd seem like "closed borders" then.

Feel free to throw in other pros/cons to this. I personally think it'd be nice. You'd naturally still be free to speak any language you want after becoming a citizen, but honestly, it should be required to become a citizen.

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		Should English be the official US language? By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Wed, 10 December 2008 21:21
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Genesis2001 on Wed, 10 December 2008 21:42
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Rocko on Wed, 10 December 2008 22:27
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Dover on Wed, 10 December 2008 22:45
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: cnc95fan on Thu, 11 December 2008 01:09
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Feetseek on Thu, 11 December 2008 01:22
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Dover on Thu, 11 December 2008 01:58
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: GoArmy44 on Wed, 10 December 2008 23:02
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: NukeIt15 on Wed, 10 December 2008 23:34
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Canadacdn on Thu, 11 December 2008 01:11
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Jerad2142 on Sat, 17 January 2009 01:47
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: u6795 on Thu, 11 December 2008 04:29
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Memphis on Thu, 11 December 2008 04:39
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Spoony on Thu, 11 December 2008 07:12
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Goztow on Thu, 11 December 2008 07:13
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: YazooGang on Thu, 11 December 2008 07:40
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: MGamer on Thu, 11 December 2008 15:32
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 11 December 2008 08:49
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Spoony on Thu, 11 December 2008 09:06
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 11 December 2008 13:10
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 December 2008 13:25
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: BlueThen on Tue, 16 December 2008 18:28
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 December 2008 09:27
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 11 December 2008 13:41
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 December 2008 15:38
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Herr Surth on Thu, 11 December 2008 13:48
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: NukeIt15 on Thu, 11 December 2008 18:15
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: luv2pb on Thu, 11 December 2008 23:42
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Fabian on Tue, 16 December 2008 17:22
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: u6795 on Tue, 16 December 2008 17:33
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: GoArmy44 on Thu, 18 December 2008 16:16
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: NukeIt15 on Tue, 16 December 2008 18:37
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: a000clown on Tue, 16 December 2008 22:52
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: SlikRik on Wed, 17 December 2008 14:27
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: cheesesoda on Wed, 17 December 2008 15:31
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: BlueThen on Wed, 17 December 2008 15:38
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: SlikRik on Wed, 17 December 2008 16:06
		Re: Should English be the official US language? By: Muad Dib15 on Thu, 18 December 2008 14:46
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