Should the US have language laws similar to Quebec?

[Stranger in a strange land]

No because that is the chosen name of the establishment,However the menu and such must be in English.

just out of curiosity, what's your opinion on other minority languages? Would you, for example, ban a chinese restauraunt from having a Chinese menu? What about a bilingual menu with chinese text? Would you ban Synagogues and jewish hospitals from having Hebrew names, or from doing services in Hebrew?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

While we're at it, should Telemundo and Univision be shut down? Should it be illegal to show foreign films unless they're dubbed? Should DVDs sold in the country be prohibited from having other languages on them? Should someone be arrested for importing foreign movies or literature?

See how stupid having "everything in English only except some emergency services" is?

[??????????]

While we're at it, should Telemundo and Univision be shut down?

No, but they should have CC in English available.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

No. Telemundo and univision shouldn't be forced to provide english CC.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

While we're at it, should Telemundo and Univision be shut down?

No, but they should have CC in English available.

And if you require them to do so, doesn't that infringe on the free market?

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

While we're at it, should Telemundo and Univision be shut down?

No, but they should have CC in English available.

And if you require them to do so, doesn't that infringe on the free market?

psst trying logic doesn't work on extreme rightists who hate brown spanish speakers.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Bump.

Interesting topic considering how many here actually do seem to lean toward this sort of thing (and somewhat evidenced in this thread.) Didn't DWTL once say that advertising in Spanish should be illegal? I wonder what people would think of Spanish customer service lines which I occasionally have to deal with, fine companies for providing them?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

So which of these do you support?

-Shutting down Telemundo and Univision.
-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.
-Arresting people for importing foreign films or literature.
-Banning companies from having non-English customer service lines.

etc. etc.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

[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 spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

Uh, that sentence doesn't make any sense, but the statement is still rather extreme.

Let's say I'm fluent in French and go on a vacation to France and buy some DVDs there of French movies not available in the US. Should I be arrested for trying to take those back to the US with me?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

Uh, that sentence doesn't make any sense, but the statement is still rather extreme.

Let's say I'm fluent in French and go on a vacation to France and buy some DVDs there of French movies not available in the US. Should I be arrested for trying to take those back to the US with me?

No.  Only movies released in theatres should be required to have subtitles.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

Uh, that sentence doesn't make any sense, but the statement is still rather extreme.

Let's say I'm fluent in French and go on a vacation to France and buy some DVDs there of French movies not available in the US. Should I be arrested for trying to take those back to the US with me?

No.  Only movies released in theatres should be required to have subtitles.

So let's pass a blatantly unconstitutional law to require something that every theater already does anyway?

[Ban my account ffs!]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

Uh, that sentence doesn't make any sense, but the statement is still rather extreme.

Let's say I'm fluent in French and go on a vacation to France and buy some DVDs there of French movies not available in the US. Should I be arrested for trying to take those back to the US with me?

No.  Only movies released in theatres should be required to have subtitles.

Why?
How about if you accidentally buy a ticket for a movie that is only in Spanish, the theater just gives you your money back when you immediately walk out and request one?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

Uh, that sentence doesn't make any sense, but the statement is still rather extreme.

Let's say I'm fluent in French and go on a vacation to France and buy some DVDs there of French movies not available in the US. Should I be arrested for trying to take those back to the US with me?

No.  Only movies released in theatres should be required to have subtitles.

Why?
How about if you accidentally buy a ticket for a movie that is only in Spanish, the theater just gives you your money back when you immediately walk out and request one?

Because watching Pans Labyrinth in Castillian makes baby jesus cry.

[Hash]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

What do you think of this part of Loi 101?

[A18]

Hwæt! Na!

To be more serious, these sorts of laws do raise interesting questions--or could, depending on how sweepingly they're worded. What are we to make, for instance, of "loan" words? And how about phrases that are still considered "foreign," but that have made it into standard English usage (ex post facto, a priori, et cetera, and so on)? Neologisms?

[dead0man]

Yes, but perhaps a little more lax.

-Outlawing foreign films unless they're dubbed.

And those only necessarily with subtitles.

no no no.  You can't force art to be in English.  The govt has no business at all in art, regulating it, supporting it, promoting it or suppressing it.  Do we need a Separation of Art and State law?  It can buy it of course (buildings, art for inside the buildings, monuments, etc), but past that, the govt has no business in art.

Or what language we all speak, educate and trade in.  That's retarded.  Now, they should have a say in official govt documents and all of those should be in English (various states with large, non-English speaking minorities can make exceptions of course), if for no other reason than to save time and money.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Whenever we get a letter from the state of Minnesota, which is in English, you get a nice little card informing you that copies of that letter are available in a plethora of various symbols, characters, and other generally unrecognizable lines and squiggles that generally (and miraculously) have a readable phone number on the end.  Maybe we should adopt the language of mathematics.

[2952-0-0]

I guess this means it should be illegal to watch a French or Russian or Mexican or Chinese TV station in their language.

I also see Chinese and French videos on YouTube regularly. Should those be blocked?

[Josh/Devilman88]

Just leave it to the states to make them laws.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Just leave it to the states to make them laws.

The problem is if any such state did pass any retarded law of the nature it wouldn't survive 5 seconds in court.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I doubt the Supreme Court would even agree to take the case, after all the conservatives on it tend to be more of a pro-business nature and they would probably be the strongest opponents of such a thing.

[??????????]

-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.