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From: Global Moose Translations <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language politics" 2007.10.05 (03) [E]

Reinhard wrote, among other things:
>As I said, I'm offering this as an alternative, internationalistic,
inclusionistic argument aimed at >counterbalancing localistic,
exclusionistic and dismissive arguments.
>
>By the way, have arts, sports, history, and local history and culture been
stricken from North German >school curricula? If things are so dire, why not
get rid of those as well if they're still around. Who needs >to know about
the past anyway?

Now this is exactly why I have refused to participate in any Lowlands
discussions for many months. Never mind that the actual situation does not
fit your agenda. There is more than one way of being narrow-minded.

You did not adress a single one of the valid issues Jonny or I raised.
Instead, we get a lecture about the cultural, moral and political
superiority of your own agenda, adding a few more or less hidden insults for
those who see things a little more realistic. And the second paragraph I
quoted above makes very little sense, to put it mildly. This kind of
"argument" can hardly be considered constructive.

I used to think that all kinds of different opinions were welcome in this
list, and that actual discussions were encouraged, instead of being shot
down in a thoroughly aggressive, unfounded manner (talk about dismissive
arguments!). Thanks for being compared to Burmese military leaders, by the
way, although, internationally spoken, I seem to remember that the country
is called Myanmar these days.

I have finally come to realise that any further "discussion" here is
absolutely futile. What was I thinking to suggest that those who
actually live in the places where people from different regions of the world
would like to press their agendas might have a little say in the matter, or
even get to make their own decisions?

Moving back to an area where Lower Saxon is still spoken to some degree has
been quite an eye-opener. But why would actually living here and seeing what
is going on first-hand count for anything?

I would be rather disappointed if I hadn't half expected this kind of
reaction.

Turning my back with a shrug,
Gabriele Kahn

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