Is this fair?

Hi Ralf

People who would purposely do that only hurt themselves and ensure their own non-integration. To me, immigrants to the US who would purposely seal themselves off from the English language would be exhibiting an act of hostility toward the USA. They would plainly be rejecting a very fundamental aspect of the US.

No.

Yes, American English. :wink:

Yes, there is, but first you have to apply for citizenship. You canā€™t simply decide one day to take an exam in order to become a US citizen. The exam is just one part of the process.

You only need to look at our northern cousins to see how divisive separate languages can be. Quebec has been trying to split from Canada (become an independent country) for quite some time now, and I firmly believe that language has quite a lot to do with that.
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Ralf

What do you mean ,once Youā€™ve experienced good lifestyle ? Do you think one canā€™t make good living in Georgia ?I make very good living in here and Iā€™m very happy and I would never agreed for all the money in the world to leave my homeland and live in the Country which I donā€™t like and Iā€™m sure Iā€™m not welcomedā€¦
Well if Weā€™re talking about my integration to any foreighn Countries
For me Georgia is the best Country in The world,Iā€™ve been to some Countries ,I couldnā€™t stay there more than 2-3 monthā€¦so If you think every Georgian would like to live in Ireland,US or anywhere else,this is not really trueā€¦but many Georgians 1 of 5 Millions have left this Country to make better living in the other Countriesā€¦
Iā€™m sure there will be no China towns ever in Georgiaā€¦ I wouldnā€™t like someone thought ,Iā€™m a nacist or I hate chinese ,I just want no Chinese,Irish ,US or especially Russian towns here
Everyone is welcomed , but no foreighn towns :slight_smile:

I canā€™t understand this question : ā€œHow would you put integration in motion?ā€

I never meant to hurt your national pride, I was simply referring to those who emigrate to improve their living conditions, thatā€™s all.

My question meant as much as ā€œCan you think of a way to realise integration?ā€

Yeah, youā€™re right. You sound like one (Nacist). I just feel that you havenā€™t opened your mind enough but I respect your national pride and solidarity.

I agree that he sounds like a Nazi (thereā€™s no such word as ā€œNacistā€ in English), but I think a better word is ā€œjingoistā€, since heā€™s not calling for the mass extermination of foreigners.

His attitude reminds me of how people in the Czech Republic used to think in the early 1990s (and probably still today). A lot of Vietnamese people were living in that country, many of them making a living as traders in the town marketplaces. I had a good image of these people, because in the US the Vietnamese have a reputation for being polite, honest, hardworking people. They are usually model citizens. Imagine my surprise, though, when I heard Czech people saying that the Vietnamese were lazy swindlers. Iā€™d never seen any indication of that, but it seemed to be the universal opinion in the Czech town where I lived. After Iā€™d lived there for a couple of years, though, I realized that most Czech people commonly think of almost all foreigners as lazy swindlers, even if they see them working hard and never have a problem with them. I can say one thing, though: In business the Vietnamese gave much better customer service than the Czechs.

Jamie (K)
Iā€™ve no idea what is ā€œjingoistā€ and Iā€™ve got no vocabulary here,but doesnā€™t sounds good to me ā€¦
The population of Georgia is 5 million and Chinese are more than billion,so We wouldnā€™t like to stay in a minority in Our Homelandā€¦and some Specialists say ,this can happen after 50 years and of course Weā€™ll do everything this wonā€™t happenedā€¦We have some other reasonsā€¦
For example, in Georgia,We have no gay marriage and We need no Americans telling us to allow thatā€¦but if someone comes here,whoā€™s interested in my Country or to do some business,heā€™ll be welcomedā€¦You could ask Your other Americans who has been hereā€¦

Hi Che,

Do you think there are gay people in your country? And if so, how should they be treated?

Interesting. It seems thatā€™s what people in my state of Michigan also say, and itā€™s the opinion shared by most people in the United States.

OF course there are ā€¦
I saw on tv Iran president telling that there are no gays in Iran,This canā€™t be true,but one can be killed for telling heā€™s gay,in Iran,so they just never confessā€¦
Well,Georgia is an Orthodox Christian Country since 3rd centruy and the trust and respect of the Church has always been much higher than any Georgian Kings,or presidentsā€¦My religion says that being gay is a greatest sin,so it will never be allowed, in the other case 100 % there will start great disastersā€¦
Georgian gays could go to Netherlands or US or anywhere elseā€¦they canā€™t be respected in Georgiaā€¦

I think there are two levels to this issue:

  1. It should be a business ownerā€™s right to hire whomever he/she chooses to hire.

butā€¦

  1. A business owner should not hire anyone based on nationality/creed/sex/age/height/weight (etc.) per se, as long as none of those factors actually affect the candidateā€™s ability to successfully perform the jobā€™s tasks.