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Posted on December 26 at 2:33 p.m.
2nd sentence of this comment really tells the tale. I will quote it.
"Allowing our nation to be invaded and occupied by an army of illegal intruders "
Illegal intruders or immigrants are in fact illegal, hence I have 0 empathy for them regardless of what ethnicity they are. People get so worked up about this issue that they forget to realize that this is a criminal act and one that costs every taxpayer a great deal of money. I see no reason to assume this statement as racist or a show of hatred or persecution; it is a denunciation of a criminal act. That is all
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Posted on December 26 at 12:07 p.m.
Seriously,
It really depends on what they do to the gun laws(if anything) as to how it will affect me. I really doubt that my bolt action riles or shotguns are in much danger, my handguns or my AR15 perhaps. There is a huge difference into the right to bear arms and hunting. The right to bear arms is right outlined specifically in the constitution wheras there is no "right" to hunt as it is a priviledge bestowed upon us by our state. Are they interwined? Yes but I think any gun laws or amendments are aimed more at handguns and assault rifles, and then there is always the reasoning that people wanting guns will indeed get them and all that gun laws do is disarm innocent people and make them easy targets.
From diversity to gun laws lol, who would have thought......
Posted on December 26 at 7:26 a.m.
seriouslyfolks,
"it’s a privilege given to you that can be taken away at any time."
Scary stuff right there. If some one deems something a privilege then they can just take it away. I am very uncomfortable with that.
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He was referrring to another thread that involves hunting, which is a priviledge and can be taken away as defined by our state.
Posted on December 26 at 7:21 a.m.
My personal experience comes from a few years back when I lived in England working for a medical software firm. I am fluent in German and I can tell you that nowhere near %80 of the business dealings were in English. Talking to other people in the field while I was there I found that unless dealing with Americans business was often left to other dialects, no where the %80 mark being tossed around.
As for links, google it up, not hard to find, but the majority of my information comes from trade journals and books, which I cannot readily link here, and I seriously doubt giving you the ISBN is gonna entice you to run to the local library and check out the publications. So there it is, if the poster that made these claims wants to defend them then yes I will make an effort to quote and cite my sources, else I know what I know what and I am not gonna waste my time with this anymore. Simple as that.
Posted on December 25 at 2:18 p.m.
you also say "Personal experience tells me that it is not that high" talking about dj's figures, Are you saying you have had more personal experience than DJdiablo? what do you base that on, do you know djdiablo? you go on to say, you DID do some research, you Assuming dj did not.
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Hence why I asked him to expound more, until he does there is really nothing further to talk about.
As for the rest, your comparing rights and privileges, there are no comparisons. A person has a right to their heritage. What you’re referring to is not a right, it’s a privilege given to you that can be taken away at any time. Not going to go any further about it since it will derail the thread.
Posted on December 25 at 12:18 p.m.
Nowhere in my post did I say that I thought it was ok not to learn English. I think it extremely unwise not to but again it is one's choice. The hispanic population is growing quickly, so quickly that I think in our lifetimes we will see some sort of resolution on just what is expected of our citizens. You could not be more right about communication and the barriers it breaks down, but again I want reiterate that even though you and I think it foolish not to learn and speak english it is one's choice to speak whatever he/she wants to in this country. That was my point in this, they make the choice, hence they suffer the consequences by excluding themselves from opportunites afforded to them if they had learned to effectively communicate.
Posted on December 25 at 10:52 a.m.
Personal experience tells me that it is not that high, and I would say that it is in fact shrinking up until the recent recession and was shrinking due to a surging Asian market. This and the fact I DID search a bit and could not find anything corroborating those figures, not at the level he is stating. Before I start posting links I would like to know where he found this data and give him a chance to explain before I throw around what I found and have experienced.
And I am NOT saying that anyone who comes into a country and does not learn the prevalent dialogue is not ignorant or unwise, but they are not breaking any laws or doing anything wrong either. It might inconvenience or annoy us who speak English but again it’s a matter of choice right? Choice seems to be a big issue around here with the smoking issue, who are we to tell people what language they should speak? Those who do would be no better than the CAE folks.
Posted on December 25 at 9:19 a.m.
Wow...........
It says right there in English multiple times "Yep" in response to your query. Calling me a liar eh? I ask my wife "do you ever use any seeds from what you harvest in your garden?" She replies, yeah sure. Enough said, call me a liar more, you’re only making yourself look even more out of touch and ridiculous.
And guess what? YOUR definition of hunting does not mean squat. It is in privilege given to us by the state and THEY define what it is and is not, you have a big 0 right to anything as far a hunting goes in this state, they could pass a law tomorrow saying anyone shooting a deer not up to specs gets fined $1000. Where is your mentality then? All you see is a small buck right? You got to have that meat and cannot waste your tag right? You are so damned concerned with getting your meat and filling your tag so as not to waste money that you have lost sight of the big picture. Your words right here sums it up:
" I am neither interested or really enjoy hunting, it is just a means to an end."
That is just amazing, people like you are the bane of our brotherhood. Any hunter worth his salt would spit at that comment. If its meat your after there are so many other ways to COST EFFECTIVELY feed yourself, a great deal of us actually care about the sport and the future of it, you are clearly not one of those people. Just keep taking care of yourself, your really good at it, how very Christian of you. Whether you want to believe so or not Hunting is a hobby and is classified as such, I have presented so many counter arguments in the above posts that you have no answer for and to be honest, after what you just said I consider this to a complete waste of time now, except for the fact that people will see you for what you are.
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Posted on December 25 at 8:46 a.m.
Djdiablo,
I agree with that not learning the language is ignorant, but some of your figures I am having a hard time stomaching, especially in reguards to business and internet content since I work in field I do not see those numbers near as high as you do, especially with the Asian markets and the sheer number of people represented there. Could you link me where you found this information?
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Posted on December 30 at 8:23 a.m.
I used the phrase along with a few others and came up with contridicting sources. I will concede to you that English is the most common language used is business currently but I cannot find enough evidence anywhere to vindicate the %80 number you are advocating. I have several trade publications that are very reputable and accurate that show those numbers to be 20-30% less of what you claim business wise and internet wise %80 is hysterical. China and Japan have a larger population than we do and the internet content over there is all in Asian dialect, nowhere near %80 of the internet content is in English, not even close.
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