B
I think I would be troubled, I suspect, I believe that any of our states, and I, constitutionally I don't think there are any prescriptions abo-, against that decision even if Louisiana chose to go with Creole or something. Um, I don't think there is any prohibitions. I would be bothered by that. I'm, I'm bothered by any tendency to resist what I think was one of America's strengths and that's the, the, the melting pot.
A
Uh-huh.
B
Uh, I, I am particularly fond of a number of ethnic cuisines, but I'm troubled by too close a clinging to, to the past and I'm also realizing that, that a common language, I think, is the ultimate bond of a country.
A
Uh-huh.
B
And Canada, I guess, comes to my mind as they're going through the throes up there relative to French Quebec and whatever. Uh, that I, I think that would be a negative step to make and I think that that they would need to reassess that. Um, I'm troubled even in by bilingualism, uh, in so far that it intr-, it gets in the way of, of, of the melting pot aspect.
A
Uh-huh, uh-huh. That's interesting because although I tend to be bilingual, Spanish based on experience, um, I was in bilingual education in California and I didn't have any problem with my students but I noticed my, my brother, who was quite a bit younger, was learning Spanish in elementary school and he can't speak a word.