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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 214073" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Rotsne, I'm glad you won the continuation issue. It sounds like you've made a decision about the party and things are going better. Sheesh. What a lot of stress! I hope things continue on an upward turn.</p><p>I, too, think it's strange that everyone is supposed to conform to certain values and patterns of speech, etc. We pride ourselves on our differences as well as our similarities. </p><p>I can see where fear would lead people to separate themselves and to stereotype but it sounds like certain tactics can be quite divisive. on the other hand, I can see that's where the language issues come in. </p><p>I did a mural for a Muslim restaurant, and the kids, who were born in VA, were being taught to speak Arabic. However, they were around Americans all day so they were becoming bilingual. I like it when people speak more than one language; I've always found it embarrassing that Americans tend to only speak English (particularly when we travel to Europe).</p><p>But as Denmark has found, languages can be divisive. Everything in moderation.</p><p>Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 214073, member: 3419"] Hi Rotsne, I'm glad you won the continuation issue. It sounds like you've made a decision about the party and things are going better. Sheesh. What a lot of stress! I hope things continue on an upward turn. I, too, think it's strange that everyone is supposed to conform to certain values and patterns of speech, etc. We pride ourselves on our differences as well as our similarities. I can see where fear would lead people to separate themselves and to stereotype but it sounds like certain tactics can be quite divisive. on the other hand, I can see that's where the language issues come in. I did a mural for a Muslim restaurant, and the kids, who were born in VA, were being taught to speak Arabic. However, they were around Americans all day so they were becoming bilingual. I like it when people speak more than one language; I've always found it embarrassing that Americans tend to only speak English (particularly when we travel to Europe). But as Denmark has found, languages can be divisive. Everything in moderation. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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