[ShepherdsDog]

Thanos Thanos:

NWORNG! Only whites ever had slaves. Your saying otherwise is a major macro-micro-aggression! Check yourself in at the main entrance of the camp for immediate re-education and sensitivity training!

Sorry man, the only 'slaves' my family held were other whites.

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[andyt]

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andyt andyt:

Two languages is bad enough, but at least they are commonly spoken around the world and ties us into two large blocks of countries. Adding a language only a handful of people speak is indeed that stupid. Especially when it will get all the other "Nations" clamoring to have their language added too.

Maybe we should tie ourselves to our own land and people. I think it would be a healthy exercise.

I thought we did that by being born here.

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I say Cree in Canada because it's the largest and most well-supported native language in Canada. Many of these languages have been completely eradicated. I believe many of these need support and effort in revitalization, but I think Cree has the best chance of surviving the next fifty years.

I have no problem with supporting native languages with funding etc. But not with making it an official language.

[Thanos]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

Thanos Thanos:

NWORNG! Only whites ever had slaves. Your saying otherwise is a major macro-micro-aggression! Check yourself in at the main entrance of the camp for immediate re-education and sensitivity training!

Sorry man, the only 'slaves' my family held were other whites.

Like the neo-rednecks down South keep saying "I'll apologize for slavery when I actually meet a slave-holder".

[ShepherdsDog]

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I have no problem with supporting native languages with funding etc. But not with making it an official language.

Cree is offered here rather than French(don't know how they slipped that past the MoE - local option or something) and 90% of the kids have no interest in it. My kid has won the conversation and poem competition the past two years. He can carry on a simple conversation with his buddies grandparents that they can't or won't.

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[ShepherdsDog]

'Please don't beat me up, you can have my lunch money.' Is that what you were looking for?

[CDN_PATRIOT]

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I'd like to see Cree become a national language and for a true effort into language revitalization started.

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We have two official languages, and that's enough. 'Language revilization'? The natives can speak in their languages as they see fit, it's not like we're preventing it in any way.

In regards to the Inuit......let them call things by whatever they want as long as we don't change anything officially just to pander to a group for the sake of making them feel better. The 'natives' need to realize that it's not all about them, and need to start to contribute positively rather than bitch about every damn thing that comes along.

-J.