Is this true about Home Depot all inside signs had to have the Spanish equivalent ????

If I had no other way to feed my family, yes I'd work for 4 or 5 bucks an hour. No, it's better a portion of our society has the mentality not to work for minimum wages so they sponge off the rest of the taxpayers by collecting welfare. If they were told they have to do these jobs before they received all the freebies they get then we'd have people to do those jobs.

Let's start over. Earlier, I said this:

"There's a big difference between what's correct in terms of geography, and saying someone is "American", which indicates nationality, political loyalties and certain ways of thinking."

You responded by saying:

"no to me"

Go back. Do you understand the difference between a place on a map, and the political entities within those places?

Where in any of my posts did I say I do not like them? Stop making this crap up to try and win a point. We have many Mexicans working down here doing landscaping. I have invited families to break bread with us. I have given them clothes, used and new. I bring out drinks when they are working in our community. Who the hell do you think you are to tell me I don't like these people?

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in news:XlvYf.78018$ snipped-for-privacy@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com:

Because language is a Major unifying factor. And English is THE language of business and science.

It's F-ing RUDE to move to a new country to live and expect them to accomodate YOUR language instead of learning their language.

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

Its not just in SOUTH Florida,Central Florida is becoming heavily Hispanic,and it's becoming Balkanized.I've lived here 20 years and watched it happen.There are entire neighborhoods where people only speak Spanish,and if YOU don't,you get ostracised.

Only due to illegal immigration.

Only because we sat on our thumbs and allowed it to happen.

If, by some miracle, all "illegal" immigrants were stopped at border, or deported, you and/or your kids would have no choice but to take these farm jobs, eventually, unless you thing cucumbers are going to dance into baskets without help. THAT is the point here. Give most teens the choice of working in a nice air conditioned supermarket, or breaking their backs in a field, and I'm pretty sure they'll choose the supermarket (or mall, etc).

"Joseph Meehan" wrote in news:mxyYf.83998$ snipped-for-privacy@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com:

If you can't communicate with people,then you can't understand them,cannot come to common ground. Just get in a collision with a person who speaks no English,how can you determine if they are hurt,or get DL and insurance data? (if they have it at all,chances are that they won't.)

I've had to deal with enough Hispanics with little or no English.

And what about the people on the public dole? Many of them are physically able to work but don't because the checks keep coming in. What if you told them they had to work the fields in order to get the handouts? They'd have no choice if the checks stopped. And no, I'm not talking about sick, handicapped, mentally ill, etc. I'm talking about able people who do nothing but milk the system.

A comment like this doesn't suggest warm fuzzy feelings about people:

"Right now we are giving a choice and they are taking the easy way out by only speaking their native tongue."

Maybe.

the question is do you?

I think you may be eating too much tuna. The mercury's affecting your short term memory.

that's funny. coming from someone who thinks being born in the Americas means that person is NOT an American. But being in the political culture of the US is being an American!?

Doesn't matter in the least. It's still a fact, and not an opinion.

Funny, that has never happened to me. I have never consider it a problem when I have been in countries where I did not understand the local language. I have always managed to get by.

I would be far more worried about getting in an accident with someone who was high on something and while they might be a life long English speaker, they can't communicate in any language. (Yea, that one did happened to me)

How often has that happened to you? :-)

Really, you are stretching.

How so?

The comments I have read in this thread are not subtle. They show fear and hate, but mostly a lack of understanding.

Religion is a unifying factor, do you also suggest that we should make religious requirements? How about what sports we like, that is also a unifying factor, let's outlaw rowing (too English).

I don't see that anyone is asking that you accommodate anyone. I suspect that most would prefer that you keep out of their business totally.

The question was about HD who put bilingual signs in their store. The only apparent reason was to increase their sales and profit. BTW I have seen it in many other stores.

Sez you....

Really? How were you at job interviews, or explaining your sick children's symptoms and medical history to an emergency room doctor?