cgbsilver@hotmail.co said:
Totally Agree with you. All this is coming from the same US citizens who go on vacations and expect everybody in other countries to speak english to them. Or have lived in other countries and when they go back to the states, can only say words like hello, water and bathroom in the language of the country they have been.
AGAIN CHILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL.
ead79 said:
I also think there is a big difference between vacationing abroad and moving to another country. I would never expect a tourist to learn English if they visited the US, but I do feel that people should learn the predominant language if they move to a country. I certainly wouldnt move to France and expect everyone to accommodate me by speaking to me in English after having lived there for a long time. I would learn French.
Actually, as a person who does believe in learning languages, I'd never go to a country and expect everyone there to speak my language. In fact my minor in college was foreign languages (to go along with my Travel & Tourism Major). I respect other cultures and their languages.
I really don't care if they sing our National Anthem in Spanish or not. But what I do object to is the fact that they changed the words and the
reasons why they recorded it. They are basically telling illegal immigrants that it's ok to leave your own country and enter and live in another one illegally. What about the fact that people can become citizens of this country while many other countries you can never become citizens in? They are basically saying that it's ok to break the laws and basically denigrate the country and the major language of the country you
choose to live in.
I say that if you can't respect our laws, then you don't deserve to be a citizen of the US. If you can't respect our laws or don't like them, then leave.
I will not make a person who is here illegally feel welcomed. However, anyone that is here legally, I will welcome with open arms.
Viking said:
Nobody will be FORCED to sing it in Spanish, so please grant your fellow citizens the right to sing it in their preferred language. And I'm sure that it will not be sung in Spanish during official ceremonies - at least not before, say, 2020 when you'll get your first hispanic president
Yeah. The rate things are going, we'll have a hispanic president before we have a female president.
Chuck S said:
I assume you'll be learning Spanish, then? It won't be too many years down the road until people of Hispanic origin are in the majority. Many parts of Texas are over 60% Hispanic, Spanish is the primary language in some areas of the US. That is the difference in a "primary" language and an "official" language, which the US does not have.
Already here in Indy, there are school systems that are requiring students to have a basic understanding of Spanish before they graduate high school. They can't even speak, read or write English! And that goes for the kids who were born here!
I also know of several people that tried getting jobs and were turned down because they didn't speak Spanish. One person tried getting a job at McDonalds! And the next time he went there after he was turned down, the person behind the counter could not even understand enough English to take his order. Sorry, but that is just wrong. The predominant language of this country is not Spanish! Certain parts have many who do. But it's still not for the entire country.
And to set the record straight, I've known many people who have come to this country legally and can speak the predominant language of English. Because they respect and love this country and it's laws.
I completely agree. The uproar over this is astounding. I am having a difficult time seeing anything wrong with it. The country has managed to survive many decades of singers, good, bad and indifferent, singing, garbling and otherwise mangling this song before all kinds of events. Heck, our country even survived Roseanne's screeching rendition, complete with crotch grab. I feel fairly confident we will survive this. 
