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From: dasher@netcom.com (Anton Sherwood)
Subject: Re: Political bias of using English in EU?
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Organization: That would be telling.
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 17:31:48 GMT
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dominique mayeras  <lmayeras@direct.ca> says:
: Maybe if there were no nationalisms there would be no war.
: A language is the "figure de proue" of nationalistics sentiments.

There were wars before nationalism; there are wars between 
states of the same language.

: So I don't see what the problem would be with one common language
: for the EU. I just wished it'd be French and not English because
: English is such a simplistic language. (Italian or Spanish would
: be okay too)
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Anton Sherwood   *\\*   +1 415 267 0685   *\\*   DASher@netcom.com
I wasn't always anarcho-capitalist, you know.	--   Ubi scriptum?
