As a general rule, I am greatly in favor of providing non-english services within the country. However, there is one exception...

If you are going to obtain a job in this country wherein you must deal with the public, the majority of which speaks english, then you really should learn and use english.

A real-life example of why:

More then once, I step up to the counter at a sandwich place, and very clearly, in my native toungue, ask for a specific list of ingredients, an then gotten something that resembles nothing like what I ordered. Most often, not only does this provide a great inconvenience for me, but also includes stuff that will *actually endanger my health*. Even after I specifically and clearly enunciated that these ingredients would endanger my health, and that's why I wanted them omitted.

Oh, and BTW, if you're going to give me the standard "you, GG, are a typical arrogant american" rant, you can go fuck youself. I happen to speak three languages other than my native one, so I get to trump your spurious counter-aggument before you get to make it.

Someone once told me that if I feel threatened by someone else's culture, language or customs, thaen that makes me a bad person.

No, actually, it's that person's line of argument, which basically boils down to other people have a right to threaten me with their cutlure, language or customs, which makes them a bad person.

And the truth of the matter is, this is the only time that I do feel threatened by other languages. And other than that, I really don't care what someone's language habits are, or what their culture is, or what is often brought in as a somehow related (dont' ask me) argument: I dont really care about a recent immigrant's immigration status.

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