Just a note on cultural imperialism, which many seem to attach an almost unanimous bad stigma. The British Empire used its navy to impose its views on slavery on the rest of the world, and it halted slavery in many places. Just a thought to ponder. (To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman)
James
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Lars Aronsson Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 3:36 PM To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia English English
Jack & Naree wrote:
I mean there are several issues here: cultural imperialism,
Cultural imperialism is of course the very reason that Americans (and people in the rest of the world) speak English at all. All of the Louisiana Purchase area could speak French. The East Coast could speak Pennsylvania Dutch. Minnesota could speak Norwegian, and California Spanish. But no, they all speak some kind of English. And this is not good enough for you? I've even heard that some of the Americans aren't of the "proper" white skin color. Horrible! What's next? Perhaps the world will start to drive on the wrong side of the road? Oh, they do already?
I suggest you give up on en.w and start to contribute to the German Wikipedia instead. Even if they tried once or twice, the Germans have really failed to make theirs a world language.