- 19 Jan 2005
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Recently there has been a push here in the US for "English Only" where people should first learn English before entering and requesting any official services. One instance comes from here in Tennessee where I had to find the story in the NY Times as it was NOT on any of the news websites here in Tennessee. Click here for story. The vote was vetoed yesterday due to a technicality.
Also the LPGA here in the USA (Ladies Professional Golfers Association) has passed a rule that makes it MANDATORY for all foreigners to speak English and pass a test before participating in a tournament. Read story here. Again, not found on any local news sites although they reported it this morning!
Personally, I find this very discriminatory and racist. Could it be that recently the Korean ladies were taking most of the tournaments? I mean one could not watch an LPGA tournament here in the US without at least 5 Korean pro ladies in the top 10. Could it be that the US is being a cry baby, much as the Little League Baseball World Series was back 20-30 years ago where the Taipei Chinese won most of the tournaments? It got so bad that the cry baby US had to have two seperate tournaments, one for the international countries (gaijins) and one for the US where a US team would always be in the finals for the Little League World Series.
This is a little rediculous in my opinion. If this is held up, I would hope that Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, etc, require that all US participants speak the native language of the country if they wish to participate in a tournament. It would only seem "fair" I cannot believe what a nation of sissies and cry babies the US has become. This is too unreal.
In Japan, one not need be a native speaker to find local services and it is not required that one speak the language to live there. If the US insists on passing such laws, then I hope Japan and all other countries respond in kind. I wonder then how many gaijin would be living in Japan if they HAD to speak the language of the native country? I guess not many as Japan, being an international country, can well accomodate foreigners even if they do not speak the language as is well known on this forum.
Many foreigner have lived in Japan many a year without even knowing the basics. The same should hold true of the US who proudly proclaim that they are the most tolerant nation on earth. I beg to differ after these two stories.
Also the LPGA here in the USA (Ladies Professional Golfers Association) has passed a rule that makes it MANDATORY for all foreigners to speak English and pass a test before participating in a tournament. Read story here. Again, not found on any local news sites although they reported it this morning!
Personally, I find this very discriminatory and racist. Could it be that recently the Korean ladies were taking most of the tournaments? I mean one could not watch an LPGA tournament here in the US without at least 5 Korean pro ladies in the top 10. Could it be that the US is being a cry baby, much as the Little League Baseball World Series was back 20-30 years ago where the Taipei Chinese won most of the tournaments? It got so bad that the cry baby US had to have two seperate tournaments, one for the international countries (gaijins) and one for the US where a US team would always be in the finals for the Little League World Series.
This is a little rediculous in my opinion. If this is held up, I would hope that Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, etc, require that all US participants speak the native language of the country if they wish to participate in a tournament. It would only seem "fair" I cannot believe what a nation of sissies and cry babies the US has become. This is too unreal.
In Japan, one not need be a native speaker to find local services and it is not required that one speak the language to live there. If the US insists on passing such laws, then I hope Japan and all other countries respond in kind. I wonder then how many gaijin would be living in Japan if they HAD to speak the language of the native country? I guess not many as Japan, being an international country, can well accomodate foreigners even if they do not speak the language as is well known on this forum.
Many foreigner have lived in Japan many a year without even knowing the basics. The same should hold true of the US who proudly proclaim that they are the most tolerant nation on earth. I beg to differ after these two stories.