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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:25 PM
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Please DU this poll.
Should a town be making a big deal about noting English as its "official" language?
No, it's absurd in this day and age
Yes, It's only right

http://www.news12.com/NJ

The Yes votes are winning
Are NJ People idiots?
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:28 PM
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1. Does the town conduct business in some other language?
Declaring it seems silly. Continuing to use English as the de facto official language seems reasonable enough.
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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:33 PM
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3. That's my point. Why declare it
It seemed a little racist to me. What does that mean? No more bilingual pamphlets???
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:55 PM
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7. Let's be clear on this language here.
Rascist means someone is prejudiced on the basis of race. Discrimination on the basis of language is not rascism. It may be xenophobia or ethnocentrism, but it is not race. Mexican and Hispanic or Latino are not races either as any of the three major races can be Latino.
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:30 PM
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2. Sorry don't get the page
links to a "are you a subscriber?"
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:35 PM
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4. Link does not work for me. n/t
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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:38 PM
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5. Maybe you have to be from Joisey to view it????
:shrug:
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 03:43 PM
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6. So dey don't want no votes from N'walins no.
Dawlin' :D

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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-12-07 04:11 PM
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8. Respact are-country! No Amnety! n/t
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