http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/02/20/who-cares-if-languages-die-out/ anythingarian rambles from the land of the fretting nun Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/02/20/who-cares-if-languages-die-out/comment-page-1/#comment-493 john s bolton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/02/20/who-cares-if-languages-die-out/#comment-493 The preservation of rare languages is like that of endangered species, except that one is speaking of human beings, who should not be caged specimens of diversity value. It implies totalitarian power; that officials may do all that is necessary to save the endangered languages. In this connection, it is little known that this cause, the preservation of rare ethno-linguistic groups, was made a central goal in the national socialist plans for the governance of the world. That the issue is raised again by professors in the pay of official discretion may indicate the abyss that is opening up before us. Do people want to die for diversity's sake? It doesn't seem likely that anyone would, yet this issue is raised as if were not immoral and unrealistic to ask such things. The preservation of rare languages is like that of endangered species, except that one is speaking of human beings, who should not be caged specimens of diversity value. It implies totalitarian power; that officials may do all that is necessary to save the endangered languages. In this connection, it is little known that this cause, the preservation of rare ethno-linguistic groups, was made a central goal in the national socialist plans for the governance of the world. That the issue is raised again by professors in the pay of official discretion may indicate the abyss that is opening up before us. Do people want to die for diversity’s sake? It doesn’t seem likely that anyone would, yet this issue is raised as if were not immoral and unrealistic to ask such things.

]]> http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/02/20/who-cares-if-languages-die-out/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Trevor Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2004/02/20/who-cares-if-languages-die-out/#comment-494 I'm trying to think of how to colour text green for people like this. I’m trying to think of how to colour text green for people like this.

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