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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Single European language: *NOT* European english
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 20:06:20 GMT
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phil@vision25.demon.co.uk writes in a recent posting (reference <846974507snz@vision25.demon.co.uk>):
>
>The EU through its member states controls a quarter of the world's
>wealth and is the richest organisation that has ever existed. Of course
>it has the resources.
>          [snip]

>Having a common language would *save* money. It wouldn't cost *anything*
>in the medium to long term.
>
Phil rightly points out the real problem here: it is a failure of *political
will* to solve the language problem, not a lack of resources. It would of
course require an *investment* in education to create the machinery (books,
special coursework, &c.) but it would be a  managable project *if there
were political will* to solve the communication problem. Unfortunately there
is a political reluctance to improve education, which becomes more obvious as
governments in Europe lurch rightward.


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