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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: Re: Single European language: *NOT* European english
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miga0003@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Larisa Migachyov) writes in a recent posting (reference <56gp9e$kd3@epx.cis.umn.edu>):
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>I don't think I have a fear of Esperanto.  I just think it's doomed to be 
>marginal.  I don't think it'll ever achieve critical mass.  There have 
>been planned languages that achieved success- modern Hebrew is an example 
>- but it had the help of Israeli patriotism to inspire Jews to learn it.  
>However, Esperanto has no such patriotic incentive,

To be sure, Esperanto has no *patriotic* incentive, but its intended
applications are well in line with *internationalism* which has a rather
formidable mass of social support. UNESCO has passed resolutions
praising and supporting Esperanto, and many individuals who participate
in international-scale organizations use Esperanto.

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