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From: Nick Rezmerski <rezm0001@gold.tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: talk & travel
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ccardona@mail2.sas.upenn.edu (Maelstrom) wrote:
>
> M.G. Rison (mgr11@cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
> : Precisely!  Now why _should_ the American language and culture dominate?
> : Is that fair?  Is that good?  I don't think so.
> 
> Yes, it's fair to US.
> Yes it is good.
> Americans dominate so get used to it.
> 
> : (You can replace American with Spanish, German, or Chinese if you
> : like to think about the future, too.)
> 
> I'm sure you can.  You can even juxtapose Malay.  Is it practical?  No.
> 
> : > I see no reason to invent another 
> : > artificial language to fill this need.
> 
> : [`another' artificial language?]
> 
> Yes, are you having a problem reading English?
> 
> : The reasons, which have already been put forward many times during
> : the course of this discussion, include fairness, preservation of
> : minority languages, savings in effort, and protection of cultures.
> 
> Can you say Darwinism?  Fukem!
> 
> : > English is easy to learn (I know, 
> : > because I"m not a native speaker)
> 
> : Perhaps.  I would say Esperanto is easier, for most people, depending
> : on your understanding of `to learn'.
> 
> True.  But it has no culture.  No literature.  No Lexicon.  It suks.
> 
> : > is already spoken by a lot of people 
> 
> no one important.
> 
> : > as their native language, and has a cultural tradition attached to it - 
> : > literature, movies, etc.,
> 
> Bullshit.
> 
> : See above.  I (and I am not the only one!) think that giving these people
> : and their culture the upper hand is a _bad_ thing.
> 
> : > which Esperanto lacks.  
> 
> : People have already stated that Esperanto by no means lacks a culture,
> 
> Esperanto lacks everything.  You suk shit.
> 
> : with supporting references.  It's just that this culture is not
> : tied to a specific nation.
> 
> Ohh ic.  look up nation.  look up state. compare the difference.  MORON.
> 
> : Mark
> Do you bark, mark?
> 
> : ======================================================================
> : |   rison@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk       |  Esperanto - lingvo inter-nacia  |
> : |   rison@vxcern.cern.ch          |       * Mi estas riisto *        |
> : ======================================================================
> 
> Je chie sur les suisses.  Ils sont tous cons.
> 
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Although I disagree with every word you say, to the death I will defend 
>  your right to say it."  -- Somone who said Voltaire did.  
> 
> "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are
>  injurious to others.  But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say
>  there are twenty gods, or no God.  It neither picks my pocket nor
>  breaks my leg."  -- Thomas Jefferson
> 
> Cristobal "Maelstrom" Cardona 
> ccardona@mail.sas.upenn.edu
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Flattery will get you nowhere, Chris.

  - Nick@nite (Nikolaso on irc/#esperanto)
    rezm0001@gold.tc.umn.edu
