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From: Jeff.Salzberg@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Jeff Salzberg)
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Subject: Re: Commonwealth Games
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Date: 12 Feb 90 03:03:03 GMT
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 AC> Or is
 AC> sign a language deserving of special treatment?

Yes.  Let me climb on my soapbox here, a bit.  One of the major forces
(perhaps THE major force) that binds a nation together is common
Language (OK, Switzerland is an exception; there's always gotta be ONE).
It should be incumbent upon everyone to learn the dominant language of
the country in which they live, if this is at all possible.  With this
in mind, I would say that no, ethnic minorities should not
expect to have simultaneous translation.  Since it is unlikely that the
profoundly deaf will be able to learn to hear (although I still chuckle
over the term "vision teachers", as applied to people who educate blind
children), sign is, indeed, "deserving of special treatment".

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