Oregon fire fighters

[RoadToad]

I totally agree that people who live in America should speak English. And I can understand why you'd be sensitive to this, given your background, and having grown up in south Florida. I've spent a few winters there, working at Gulfstream or Hialeah racetracks, and you're right, it's like living in a foreign country, especially in Hialeah (aka Little Havana). But I really think you're overreacting when you suggest that the bank teller was doing something wrong by speaking Spanish to a customer. By that logic, tourists from foreign countries had better stay out of banks until they've learned fluent English. No offense, but that just doesn't sound like the Land of the Free to me. And I'm also surprised to see a self-proclaimed conservative Republican advocating increased regulation of an American business.

[DJD]

I totally agree that people who live in America should speak English. And I can understand why you'd be sensitive to this, given your background, and having grown up in south Florida. I've spent a few winters there, working at Gulfstream or Hialeah racetracks, and you're right, it's like living in a foreign country, especially in Hialeah (aka Little Havana). But I really think you're overreacting when you suggest that the bank teller was doing something wrong by speaking Spanish to a customer. By that logic, tourists from foreign countries had better stay out of banks until they've learned fluent English. No offense, but that just doesn't sound like the Land of the Free to me. And I'm also surprised to see a self-proclaimed conservative Republican advocating increased regulation of an American business.

I can't be perfect. For the record though I am Conservative but registered as an Indy.