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In response to "Yeah. Diversity sucks. -- nm" by con_carne

It's not a matter of diversity. No one is saying families can't still speak in their native tongue at home or with friends and family

Posted by Mr. Havens (aka EdwardHavens) Nov 4 '08, 12:46

My dad and my aunt, both born in Cleveland, still speak German to each other, because their household was bilingual. My grandparents, both born in Cleveland, conversed all the time in German, even when I was with them and didn't understand a word they were saying.

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Don't they deserve to get voting information in the language they are most fluent in? If it is German? -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:48 5
- Give them access to a website with that info. Ballots should be in one language only. The language of the land -- nm - Mr. Havens Nov 4, 12:50 3
  - You're acting as if there's something to be gained by excluding so many large ethnic populations from the issues. Shouldn't we encourage more ideas f -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:55 1
    - rom different cultures? -- nm - con_carne Nov 4, 12:56
  - though the language of the land is, actually and arguably, two languages. -- nm - kare Nov 4, 12:54
- Nope. Assimilate. -- nm - Candidate Vermin Nov 4, 12:49

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It's not a matter of diversity. No one is saying families can't still speak in their native tongue at home or with friends and family

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