persiflage
2007-12-01 08:44:05
English needs to be the official language of the United States, that is, the ONLY official language of Government and the Law. Why? Because there simply is no 100% reliable translation between the US laws, and say, romance languages like Spanish or Italian, or eastern languages like Hindi or Chinese that will mean the same thing in both languages. A non-English language could not possibly convey the historical connotations and nuances of the English words in our laws, based as they are on English Common Law and its centuries-long history. We must unify around a common language of Government and the Law. That it must be English is only common sense.
