I have visited several counrties in Europe, and MOST of the people in Eastern Europe DON'T speak English. Nor would I expect them to. I also speak German, which many of them do. Not everybody wants to and/or can speak English. Randy's comments were not racist, in my view. Off-topic: yes. Off-base: a little. (But who isn't?) To echo another lister: "Can't we all just get along?"!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Wallis" <cyclone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:56 PM Subject: Re: To the non english speaking fellow > I didn't interpret Randy's comments racist at all. I've lived and worked > all over the world and never once expected another country's citizens to > speak my language. In fact, most of them are losing their own culture > because they are trying so hard to "westernize". The world is homogenizing > and that's sad. > > I'm also not sure what the beef between Randy and Kim is but as a casual > observer I thought Kim's original post (response) was rather harsh. > Besides, Randy IS good for the occasional nugget of knowledge. > > Vote: Keep him. > > Todd Wallis > Respond to cyclone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you wish to opine. Remember, name and > town, name and town. > > > > > > >