Posted by lil' jimi on November 26, 2005, at 2:24:47
In reply to Re: please be civil, posted by Bobby on November 13, 2005, at 21:08:52
hey, bobby,
you write:
> Sorry if i made a sweeping generalization--but I cringe every time I pick up the phone and hear,"to hear this message in English, press 1." Maybe my ancestors did the same--who knows. It's just frustrating and I apologize for any uncivilness.
>call me old fashioned, but i still go for the Mother of Exiles motif ...
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"for me, it is still not that hokey ...
... even if i have to "Press One for English" ...i mean, here,
in The Land Of Immigrants,
are we not bound to revel in some of degree multicultural pluralism,
no matter how assimilated we all become?and is the United States not a greater and stronger nation for the diversity of her cultural and ethnic roots?
i mean, even if it might seem inconvenient some times ... ...
poster:lil' jimi
thread:576892
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