Wasnt that my point?

English “happens to be” for the same reason latin “happened to be” and sumerian and others infinitum. The dominant trading force appears to be the dominant language. There is no insult being directed, its fact.

The very principle of being american is accepting of all cultures – english, french, spanish, portuguese, german, nordic, swahili, chinese, whatever… It is exactly why our “multiculturist” society succeeds – we share a common thread and its not language, religion, dress, politics or economics. It is the desire to succeed and live freely.

Multiculturism isnt a threat.

Political correctness – overcompensation to bigotry.

Victimology – lame excuse.

Class warfare – there’s a beast. A capitalist society is damned to have it. There’s no utopia.

Cultural relativism like this is one face of multiculturalism. And it is a threat because it values a distorted truth.

I do not agree English or Christianity “happens to be”. Our heritage is indelibly interwined with our success. Civilization south of English/French influence, down where Spanish/Portugese heritage dominates, is a political and economic basketcase. That doesn’t just “happens to be” either.

Our government, imperfect as it is, and our methods of business, including the corporations you fear, are superior to all other rivals by a simple measure: they have produced a prosperity and longevity not only unmatched across this planet in the here and now, but as far back as recorded history goes. For that we should apologize, pretend it is not that way, or just “happens to be”?

I love to embrace the variety of other cultures, when I visit them. When visitors come to my home I would expect them to celebrate my culture and make it their own. We wouldn’t want to turn the planet into a collection of McCultures now would we?

Now multi-culturism is something to fear? Isnt it the basic tenet of our country? As much as some want to believe english is the national language and this is a “christian nation” – it’s not. English happens to be the universal language and christianity happens to be the dominant religion.

Do you really want a mono-cultured society? Walmart, Home Depot, McD’s (or if you prefer Taco Smell), coca cola, Starbucks, blah, blah… Keep it up and the Sal’s Birdlands will all fade away to memory.

No one is asking you (all) to embrace the variety of cultures that fill our society, you can choose to avoid or ignore, but then you will miss some of the things that make this country special.

Yesterday, I heard a radio show where the caller was spouting he was so damn tired of buying products with directions in ten different languages “.. time to make english the national language!”. Too bad he didnt take a millisecond to realize the multi-national corporation who made the product was catering to the global marketplace and could give a rat’s ass about what language the purchaser could read.

Multi-culturism is a direct effect of the opening of the global market and rightwing nuts who fear it should think about the harvest before sowing their seeds.