Speak English
 

http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion...964/story.html

I wonder if the handlers of this paper have an agenda or are just stupid.

Alberta... no surprise at all

What does speaking in any language have to do with being patriotic?

Honi soit qui mal y pense

i would say most of these people who complain about others speaking another language in public , themselves to not speak another language other than say english

this guy in question probably does not travel much. and probably his own heritage language (for example, if his great grandfather was Russian and they settled in Alberta way back when) is not in tact with him

I wish someone would of told him to speak first nations, the white man was not invited with open arms onto this land :ifyouknow:

can't help but feel like most people who bitch about immigrants not speaking the national language are butt hurt that they aren't as successful as people around them whom they deem as "foreigners".
wtf does language have to do with anything.
if you want to be patriotic, you should concentrate on bettering your own country and/or improving your country's presence on the world stage.
contribute to bettering your country's economy, contribute to medical breakthroughs that will be used world-wide, contribute to bettering/setting and example for other countries in terms of human rights issues, etc.
speaking or not speaking your national language does not improve or worsen one's country.
language has about as much to do with patriotism as sex, race, sexual orientation, height, etc.
/rant

to anyone that says "go back to your country if you want to speak x language" my response to them is...

http://www.roflcat.com/images/cats/Deal_With_It.jpg

I kind of like the replies. Especially the last one:

they took his job!

I wonder how long it will take this guy to lose his mind if we put him in the middle of Parker Place :considered:

we need to see that guy on the bus with the bus uncle


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i dont mang..... on a related matter, i always thought ..citizenships exams should only be in English/French.

u can have a PR,, but if u want to be a citizen, u should speak either of the languages.

Who gives a fuck what language anyone speaks. Borders are just imaginary lines we humans made up anyway.

And wtf is with being patriotic? Why is it so common to be proud of where you were born? It's not a choice, it was completely random so there's no reason to be proud of it. You should be proud of accomplishments like getting a university degree or getting a black belt or even building your first gaming rig, but not proud of there you were born.

I don't mind other people speaking their native tongue, I am EI and I can't speak very much punjabi and I wish I could. I think learning english in an english speaking country should be a requirement, but to tell someone they should speak english like the way this guy did is fucking arrogant. I would of smacked the shit out of him and told him to speak english with a broken jaw.

that article sounds like something that would have came from.... MURRRRRRRRICAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think he works for the paper does he? it seems like this was just a random citizen that this news paper decided to publish.

Pretty smart on the news papers part. this will definitely get them a lot of press

Tell this asshole that being Canadian also means they're in a free country; they can speak whatever fucking language they want.

Whats more disgusting is the press spreading this bullshit nationally as the right thing to do and for foreigner speaking people not to be welcome or shut up in public areas.

We dont really know if this event even happened, but we see what the papers views are to publish this and since the press here is very controlled, you can bet this could be some kind of encouraged protocols from the top.
Whats the point... maybe to spread hate towards foreigners to move away in the long term and further secure the province rich resources. It sounds far fetched but I wouldnt doubt it.

The press is just trying to get a rise out of people. It has no other motive, don't try to look for something negative in everything in life

Do you know the value of the Alberta oil sands?

I don't care about people speaking foreign languages. Why not?
But it pisses me off when Richmond Chinese people tell me I should learn Mandarin (never encountered anyone telling me to go learn Cantonese before) knowing that I'm not even Chinese.
Or when people get mad at me because I don't speak so and so language.
Once had a brown person yell at me in what I assume was punjabi... Seriously?
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I agree with you. Every citizen should be expected to know how to write and speak English but if they choose to speak in their own language then so be it. If we went to another country we would be expected to do the same
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I like how he ended it with "eh?" Dat patriotism
Dumbest shit I've read 2013 (so far)

lol... calgary herald.