On language: it occurs to me, yet again, with all the insane freakouts [View all]

about the half-time show not being in English, that this is a perfect example of how ignorant, clueless, provincial and reverse snobbish so many americans are. In other countries, it is common for a person to speak several languages with some degree of fluency (our own DFW is in a class almost by himself!). Growing up in the military, one is accustomed to hearing any number of languages on any given day. I used to joke that our neighborhoods sounded like the UN. Working in the Nevada casinos was the same.

And yet, we have these poor, frightened, paranoid, delicate little snowflakes who lose their two (and I am being generous here) remaining brain cells because some people speak different languages. Our own Foreign Services Department apparently had to drop their foreign language requirement. What, in the name of sanity, is WRONG with these people???

One of my major irritations with these people is their ignorance. If one is going to insist that EVERY person must speak English, then they should speak it properly themselves. I am certain many here still remember "Get a brain, morans", and my personal favourite, "English is ARE language".

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