Should the US have language laws similar to Quebec?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.

I've always wondered why you can CC English channels into Spanish but you can't do so with Spanish channels.

Because if you want to watch TV in English, you already have hundreds of other channels, so there's not enough demand for CC in the only two channels that aren't in English to get it put on.

I actually do sometimes watch those cheesy soap operas on Telemundo just because the women on the are so hot even though they look like they'd be pretty dumb even if I could understand what they were saying.

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-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.

I've always wondered why you can CC English channels into Spanish but you can't do so with Spanish channels.

Because if you want to watch TV in English, you already have hundreds of other channels, so there's not enough demand for CC in the only two channels that aren't in English to get it put on.

I actually do sometimes watch those cheesy soap operas on Telemundo just because the women on the are so hot even though they look like they'd be pretty dumb even if I could understand what they were saying.

Maybe only two channels in Minnesota.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.

I've always wondered why you can CC English channels into Spanish but you can't do so with Spanish channels.

Because if you want to watch TV in English, you already have hundreds of other channels, so there's not enough demand for CC in the only two channels that aren't in English to get it put on.

I actually do sometimes watch those cheesy soap operas on Telemundo just because the women on the are so hot even though they look like they'd be pretty dumb even if I could understand what they were saying.

Maybe only two channels in Minnesota.

Well I doubt anywhere anyone is seriously kept up at night freaking out that they are unable to watch cheesy South American soap operas in English captioning and thus demanding that such captioning be provided. If enough people did care that much, it would happen. It's all part of the market laws of supply and demand, I thought you conservatives loved the free market so much?

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-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.

I've always wondered why you can CC English channels into Spanish but you can't do so with Spanish channels.

Because if you want to watch TV in English, you already have hundreds of other channels, so there's not enough demand for CC in the only two channels that aren't in English to get it put on.

I actually do sometimes watch those cheesy soap operas on Telemundo just because the women on the are so hot even though they look like they'd be pretty dumb even if I could understand what they were saying.

Maybe only two channels in Minnesota.

Well I doubt anywhere anyone is seriously kept up at night freaking out that they are unable to watch cheesy South American soap operas in English captioning and thus demanding that such captioning be provided. If enough people did care that much, it would happen. It's all part of the market laws of supply and demand, I thought you conservatives loved the free market so much?

Jesus, you can turn any stupid question into a complete political hack job. You're like the epitome of strawman.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.

I've always wondered why you can CC English channels into Spanish but you can't do so with Spanish channels.

Because if you want to watch TV in English, you already have hundreds of other channels, so there's not enough demand for CC in the only two channels that aren't in English to get it put on.

I actually do sometimes watch those cheesy soap operas on Telemundo just because the women on the are so hot even though they look like they'd be pretty dumb even if I could understand what they were saying.

Maybe only two channels in Minnesota.

Well I doubt anywhere anyone is seriously kept up at night freaking out that they are unable to watch cheesy South American soap operas in English captioning and thus demanding that such captioning be provided. If enough people did care that much, it would happen. It's all part of the market laws of supply and demand, I thought you conservatives loved the free market so much?

Jesus, you can turn any stupid question into a complete political hack job. You're like the epitome of strawman.

The things that Kevin, constine and the other conservatives are advocating here aren't exactly very pro-free market or pro-business. Is outlawing advertising in Spanish (Which DWTL has advocated) a pro-free market position? Or forcing restaurants to list the names of their dishes on menus in English (advocated in THIS VERY THREAD.)

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

No. Of Course not. I would like to think America isn't as paranoid as Quebec as regards language issues. At least Quebec has an excuse (still o/c doesn't justify this).

I assume these laws would also apply to Native American Languages and reservations aswell?

I was tempted to gloat with another "LOLZ LOOK AT IGNORANT GULLY FOYLE" post but I'll be mature this time.

I used to live on a Reservation. You'd have a tough time finding anything public written in Sioux. Not surprising considering I'd be surprised if more than 20% of the population could speak it in any serious manner (by that I mean knowing enough to actually engage in even simplistic communication and not just a few words or phrases for novelty value.)

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

No.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

No. Of Course not. I would like to think America isn't as paranoid as Quebec as regards language issues. At least Quebec has an excuse (still o/c doesn't justify this).

I assume these laws would also apply to Native American Languages and reservations aswell?

I was tempted to gloat with another "LOLZ LOOK AT IGNORANT GULLY FOYLE" post but I'll be mature this time.

I used to live on a Reservation. You'd have a tough time finding anything public written in Sioux. Not surprising considering I'd be surprised if more than 20% of the population could speak it in any serious manner (by that I mean knowing enough to actually engage in even simplistic communication and not just a few words or phrases for novelty value.)

Actually I asked that because of a case I read about six months of an Apache reservation in Arizona which has a radio station which broadcasts in Apache. I think the Navajo do aswell. Just sayin'.

[dead0man]

Yes, some tribes have held on to their dying culture a little better than others.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

You guys can have Quebec.  We have no use for it.

We don't either.

[Sbane]

Of course not. Some of you xenophobes really need to come meet some of the second and third generation mexicans here in southern california. I literally know more spanish than my mexican roommate for example. I do think we should keep english as the primary language in education. Once you change that things will go insane.

[DownWithTheLeft]

While I think businesses should take the intiative themselves, not surprisingly BRTD has blown my views out of proportion.

I think that issues dealing with the government should be in English only.  There is no reason why the government should cater to other languages.  If businesses want to advertise in Spanish, let them.  I personally would probably not do business there and would encourage others to do the same, but I would not sanction the government cutting off that right.  I agree with only half-heartedly agree with Lonegan's stance (which is where I am assuming you derive my opinions from that discussion), I think he had the right idea but took the wrong means of correcting it.

To have a law like this would be ridiculous for the English Only movement as well.  Its sort of like how Roe v. Wade jumpstarted the pro-life movement, creating an unnecessary and most likely uninforced measure like this would only motivate the "we moved to your country but don't have the decency to adapt" crowd. 

The last thing I would want to see is laws like this.

[Хahar 🤔]

Hell no.