Re:A Cautionary Tale (Score 1)

I agree with you and I think you are touching on my point exactly. There's no reason to *require* people to learn an official language. The learning of the majority language is enough of a benefit to the individual that it should motivate them to learn it for their own interests. But if for their own personal reasons they have no need to learn the language and they are able to survive in the economy and social network they find themselves in, why is there a necessity for them to use a language which (1) they don't need to survive and (2) they don't need for any personal ambitions they do not have, including a big city new york job?