A
Well that's interesting.
B
leaning towards the statehood.
A
Right. What about if, if, um, they demanded to have Spanish as the official language as a condition for statehood.
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.