Bryan

Going on several decades and counting for some of them. Why is there an expectation of permanence though? They changed their minds before, they might change them again. People do that with all kinds of things.

This certainly makes it clear why you think so ill of people who don't agree with your world view -- you're so full of narrow minded bigotry that you just naturally assume that others are operating in a similar fashion.

Just like you're trying to get us all to believe your act right now?

I actually talk to them. You should try it sometime.

They can, and they routinely do.

Yes you can. People do it all the time.

When have I said I don't recognize the legality of it? I've been talking about the effects of that legality in this thread.

People absolutely do make that choice too. I know a few who have.

No, that definitely would be looking at the bigger picture in a much more rational way. Having Mandarin and Spanish as available educational programs is a very good idea. Having Fench as mandatory in any capacity is a terrible one.

Because nothing of the sort is happening. Any perception of such is all in your head.

It is? Everything I've read says that the biggest problem with most alternative energy modalities is that the battery technology is improving at a much slower rate than pretty much anyone expected by this time.

It's a good thread. the only ridiculous parts are your posts.

Learning Mandarin would be a much more productive use of the time, for sure.

Out of 7.4 billion. When I was calling it irrelevant, I actually thought the number was higher than that. Thanks for proving my point though.

I never said it was, and nothing in the post you quoted claimed that it was.

It's neither of those things.

Only for context that directly cross references the applicable New Testament passages.

She isn't doing anything of the sort. Perhaps your bigotry against Christianity is clouding your judgement.

There really is no controversy about conversion anymore. Sure activists do their best to smear the very idea, but more than enough people can and do "switch teams" in either direction, that it's obvious that you absolutely can make the choice to "convert" if you are motivated to do so. Cothran is far from the first high profile pro-gay activist to do a complete 180 on their sexuality after a conversion to Christianity either. I've met several of them.

Good thing there is no instruction for Christians to do anything of the sort.

Concentrating on the 8 million rather than the 350 million (or the billions worldwide), THAT is myopic. Thinking that just because french is thrust in our faces that it must be important, THAT is myopic. The big picture is that french is virtually irrelevant in Canada, and literally irrelevant on the world stage.

Britain isn't going to lose anything. Once the dust settles, they'll be ahead of where they were the day before the vote. They absolutely WILL have open access to the European common market, just as several other non-EU countries do.

Please show me where I used the word fool.

Exactly the opposite -- it's stepping back and looking at the much bigger picture.

French is almost useless. It's NOT needed anywhere at all, except where it's artificially imposed. English is imperative, no matter where you live. Even spanish is not that important. I used to think it was, as I frequently travel to places where it is the dominant language. I've since discovered that my time is much better spent doing things that make me more money to travel than it is learning the language. The people I meet in those spanish speaking countries primarily WANT to practice their english and are not all that interested in having conversations with me in spanish. I think the people who pick up multiple languages are a l to like those that read music or really get high level math -- with enough work, SOME people will get really good, but a large number of people literally never will no matter how hard they work -- they are wasting their time even trying.