So you want to have a world war and outlaw other languages? 
My Grandfather didn't learn German as a kid. He might have if not for those laws. My Mother said her Grandparents still spoke German around the house when she was a kid and they were something like 4th or 5th generation US citizens. I have no problem with other languages. I just want people to learn to use English also.
As for the OP, whoever came up with that definition has a serious case of tunnel vision.
Sorry, I assumed the context would be known as WWI USA. My grandparents were born just before WWI and experienced it. There was some gov't intervention but
the greatest force by far was social pressure.
They managed to learn German despite both the limited gov't involvement and the social suasion.
Anyways, you gotta cut the apron strings some time.
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BW:
My bad. I must admit I just have little understanding of the diversity-boosters who haven't experienced it. I think personal experience is very important, especially if one is going make noise about boosting or busting facets of culture. I guess it is just a signal they are giving off to their peers that they are on-board with the agenda, despite taking some of it on faith.
NB: I think the time I finally said "Screw it" to accommodating other culture in a Vietnamese soup restaurant. "Pho" (sounds like "fah," FTR).
Anyways, I'm there eating my pho with an acquaintance from work. I'm eating my pho
the way I like to eat my pho. "How," is unimportant, except for it not being the usual/traditional way it is eaten by Vietnamese folk.
The pinhead from work tells me
I'm eating my pho wrong. Wrong? This is how I like it, I tell him. He tries to get me to gawk at all the oriental folks in the restaurant and then points at a couple and tells me to watch them to see how to do it right. I respond that they aren't Vietnamese, but likely Korean. Why should I eat a Vietnamese dish like a couple Koreans? How can I tell they're Korean? Well, not all orientals look the same....
Pinhead is getting agitated. Don't I want to eat it right? What will they think if they see you eating it that way? I tell him that no matter how masterfully I consume pho, I will never be mistaken for Vietnamese. I don;t care what they think, I'm not trying to marry their daughter. Besides, nobody is complaining, to include waitress and the guy form the back who brought me my pho. They have happily taken my money in the past.
And, FTR, I know how to eat pho "the right way," or at least in the manner many Vietnamese folk consume it. Look, I am an American, in America, paying in US Dollars for a product made in America. I'll eat it any damn way I please, thanks.
