Told to take down U.S. flags
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The rule should be American flags only. If you live in America you should speak English and fly an American flag. If you want to speak Spanish and wave a Mexican flag you're in the wrong country.
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Banning the American flag is simply un American. I personally have no problem with people from other nationalities showing thier pride for thier homeland so long as they don't dis-respect the American flag or the USA in the process.
Tim
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Excellent post Tim! I tried to rep you but got the message.
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You should have to know the countries official language, and since the states has none (as far as I know anyways) , I think people should be free to speak whatever they want.
In canada, I believe people should know at least one of the official languages, and if they want to speak others ones in addition, more power to them.
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If someone is speaking their own language within earshot of someone who doesn't speak that language, it is considered to be rude.
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I wouldn't necessarily say its rude. I grew up in Germany and visited alot of countries. I didn't find it rude for them to speak in their own languages their, nor do I see it as such here. Did some of them think it was rude when we spoke in English, probably. It's possible, in some cases, one of the parties might be a recent immigrant who has not had a chance to learn/master English. Plus not everyone is able to master new languages so must stick to their native tongue. But to each their own.