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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: European language (was: European Governments Agree to Ban Strong Crypto)
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markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder) writes in a recent posting (reference <463ef8$i1e@netsrv2.spss.com>):
>In article <elnaDGLyJn.7zC@netcom.com>,
>Esperanto League N America <elna@netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>Perhaps this exposes my naivete' but I believe that people are less likely
>>to war against people with whom there is good communication.
>
>What is the basis for this belief of yours?
>
Optimism. Hope. A desire to prevent war.

>Just outside the borders of the EU there are two wars going on, both waged
>by people who can understand each other just fine-- but choose not to.
>
No kidding!

>Within the multilingual EU, by contrast, there are no wars at all-- unless 
>you count the conflict between English speakers in Northern Ireland.
>
Yes, there is a period of peace in this cradle of conflagration. How long
will it last if we do nothing to nurture it? How can we nurture it?

>I can only conclude that this is a religious belief, deeply insulated from 
>reality.  You're welcome to it, but it's really out of place in sci.lang.

This is a leap of reasoning (?) which I do not follow. Can you elaborate?  

Miko.


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