Language and Freedom

Folks,

As the govt-controlled press presents "Mexicans" as USA's main problem, to
change the topic
from Iraq before the election. I heard a radio personality talking about some
movement to
make English mandatory in USA, or whatever.

It occurs to me there is a correlation between polyglot and freedom. The freer
the country,
the more languages are spoken. For example, Hong Kong is probably the freest
place on
earth, and it has two official languages, Chinese and English, although they
speak Cantonese,
not Chinese. After that, just about every other language from around the world
is spoken by
residents of hong kong, collectively.

The oldest free country, Switzerland has three official languages: German,
French and Italian,
and just about everyone everyone also speaks English. Canada has a couple of
official
languages. Singapore has several generally spoken languages, and of course the
Vatican has
probably the most languages spoken, although the official language, Latin, is a
dead
language!

Head on down the list and the freer the country, the more languages commonly
spoken. I
see no real threat that English will become the official language in USA,
because as soon as
the elections are over the topic will be Iraq again, and "Mexicans" will
disappear as a topic as
fast as "homelessness" disappeared when Clinton became president.

John

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