Well said Doug. I agree with you 100%

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>I don't think that this law is primarily "anti-American" as much as it is one based on a tremendous cultural insecurity. This has come from the French since the days of the Renassaince (sp?) actually. To be honest, for most of their history the French have taken a sort of obstreporous attitude towards the world, particularly the US. Check the voting history in just the UN for example and you will see what I mean. That is the soverign right of France to do this and I do not at all quarrel with them, as I do not quarrel with Quebec's soverign right to enact any laws it seems fit, but I still think it's counterproductive and displays that cultural insecurity as I mentioned before. So, I absolutely do not think that the law we are discussing is anti-American as much as it is we-want-things-our-way-regardless-of-reality. I apologize if that sounds harsh. Please understand that it is not intended that way but from my position it seems very much based upon a position that promotes its interests above the existing reality. I honestly do not think it will work for reasons already provided.

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>There will always be someone there to help them Denis, and you know that. French is not going to disappear as a language and to act as though it will so do is just plain silly IMO. I do not speak English because some law dictates it. I speak English because I choose to speak English and have no reason to speak another. On a personal note I have been seriously thinking of relearning Spanish - for the express reason that Southern California (where I grew up) now has a huge number of Spanish speaking individuals. But I do not expect California to mandate that I speak Spanish, nor do I think that it would be useful if they did. But, if I spoke Spanish better than I currently do I'd be able to expand my opportunities.

>Other languages and cultures are not a threat - they are an opportunity - to learn new things, ideas, ways of viewing the world, etc...