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Originally Posted by Richard
......... - and to assimilate in a country as diverse as America, does one have to know the language? IMO - something is lost and you cannot fully benefit from all a society has to offer if you don't - but it doesn't mean you have to do so to live here and be a good citizen.......
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Originally Posted by Pete
Depends on if the individual wants to become an American - or just wants to live here and make it into the place they came from.
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Originally Posted by Richard
American citizenship doesn't have a language requirement - neither does loyalty to our nation and its national ideals. I knew many people who either could not or spoke very little English but were better citizens than many I have met who can claim membership in groups such as the DAR.
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Originally Posted by Pete
Once again Richard, you read write past what I typed, go off in a different direction and reply to something I was not even ta{l}king about.
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FWIW - my remarks were a reply to your response regarding the subject (language) you referenced in your response to my original post.
As such, I did misread your post in thinking we were discussing that subject - language.
We are now on the same sheet of music. 
Richard 
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