Re: [Marxism] Spanish

[Rohan Gaiswinkler <rohanger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom O'Lincoln:
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I certainly didn't mean to launch a star chamber proceeding either. Rohan, 
I just thought your post was unnecessarily sharp.
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No its all good comrade! And yes, my post was unnecessarily sharp. My 
natural curriosity got the better of me.
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Curriosity can be a powerful force. If a friendÂvisits me and says, "I've 
got to tell you something... No sorry... I promised x I wouldn't tell anyone," 
this will drive me nuts! Similar forces are a work when a conversationÂtakes 
place that only some can be privy to.
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To give comrades an idea of how hopelessly monolingual the dominant culture in 
my part of the world is I have to tell you about a conversation in one of my 
TAFE (tech college) classes. The subject of people speaking in a different 
language in one's presence came up (as in a public setting - egÂa bus stop) 
and all the other studentsÂagreed thatÂto do this was veryÂrude. I 
couldn't believe it and objected, "What's wrong with people talking in their 
own language? Why would it matter?ÂÂWhy doÂyou assume the can speak 
English anyway?"Â The answer I got was, "How can we know that they areÂnot 
talking about us and saying bad things?"Â Wow, the paranoia.


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