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From: Jack Hamilton <jfh@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Bilingualism has ruined Canada but there is still hope.
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:06:19 -0800
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"Canadian Patriot" <canadian.patriot@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>I don't understand what you mean by "take off your shoes". Educate me. I'm
>new at this posting stuff. All I wanted to do is get you to visit our site
>and see why taking your head out of the sand will open your eyes. Let me
>know how I can avoid what you said above.
I also had a hard time figurig out what she meant.
Here are two articles from Yahoo! News you might be interested in. They
appeared this morning.
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=4&u=/cpress/20041212/ca_pr_on_na/bilingualism_training>
Majority of 'bilingual' government jobs not really
bilingual: internal report
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=6&u=/cpress/20041212/ca_pr_on_na/bilingualism_canada>
Ideal of a bilingual Canada becoming frayed
by ambivalence, indifference
>"Miss Elaine Eos" <Misc@*your-shoes*PlayNaked.com> wrote in message
>news:Misc-DB3521.21385211122004@individual.net...
>> In article <r9rmr0ln60hlp7gg4gvr7jfu9l0jcb3f7r@4ax.com>,
>> Jack Hamilton <jfh@acm.org> wrote:
>>
>> > >Joining forces with this group is the only hope for English speaking
>> > >Canadians.
>> >
>> > Don't be silly. English is in no danger of disappearing in Canada.
>>
>> And, according to the French, that language is already gone, there... ;)
>>
>> --
>> Please take off your shoes before arriving at my in-box.
>> I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which
>sends
>> unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups.
>
==
Jack Hamilton
jfh@acm.org
==
In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted comfort and security.
And in the end, they lost it all - freedom, comfort and security.
Edward Gibbon
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