How do you know who is refusing to learn English? What kind of insight do you have into this? If you enter public school you really have no choice but to learn English. So “jose and maria’s” kids will definitely learn it once they get to school. They will in turn help their parents do the same.

On your last question:

Exactly. So how is this an impediment to having a productive society that is also diverse and accepting?

And all these kids that you say are “infesting” the schools learn said language very well.

Helping the poor is a huuuuuge part of the Islamic faith. They have a whole month built around it, which just ended last week. Islam, Christianity and Judaism have the same basic values, my dude.

I’d bet it’s about the same percentage as in the general population.

You do know people are capable of speaking more than one language, right?

A society filled with foreign languages is a wonderful place to exchange ideas and cultures. All the walls in your house are painted beige, aren’t they?

Don’t forget “hoards of MENA philanderers.”

The shared history between south americans and north americans, are you referring to when the US messed in all of their goverments, instituting regime change so US fruit companies could fuck the locals over more easily?

Think about all the people fleeing war and other forms of violence. Plenty of them are highly educated teachers, doctors, scientists, engineers, lab technicians, historians, professors, etc.

They want a better LIFE. And for this, they will do anything that they have to, including the shit jobs that most americans feel like they are too good for. They contribute heavily to the economy, their kids that go to school end up speaking great English and mostly turn into productive members of society. How exactly…

Wow you are a real humanist, aren’t you? Philanthropic at heart and stuff. You realize you called people trying to do the best for their families, to find a better life for their children, often fleeing violence (whether that is civil war, gang related or otherwise), you know, basically wanting life liberty and the…

Do cars even come with spares anymore? My Tourx has a space where the wheel could sit, but instead it has a little compressor and fixaflat. It’s crap.

I never said I could ruin any factor in your life. I said the joke at the end of the article, about the G in GM ruining the rest of the article for you.

Oh come on, you know exactly what I meant when I said equal. GTFOH. Alanis’ article runs by her resume the same way, clearly showing her as a capable and talented person rather than “for a girl” or anything else. The newswortiness is the fact that GM hired a female CFO for the first time in its history and that is…

I’ve never really gotten that impression from her articles, and didn’t really think there was anything “men suck” about this one either. The girls rule boys drool seemed more like a light-hearted joke than anything else. But I guess you have your opinions.

How is she being a dick about this? I’m with you that turning every instance of the three letter sequence M-A-N into “-person” is tedious and unnecessary, since the word for male human (man) and suffix -man are not from the same root, the point still stands that it’s important to highlight the fact that equality is…

Again, not a female, she is a woman. And again, Alanis isn’t focussing on the fact that the new CFO is female, she is celebrating the fact that GM is advancing in the equality game by not being afraid to put women in positions of power. If she hired just another white dude, this wouldn’t have been newsworthy. But…

LOL