necoandjeff wrote:

> "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2reuhfF15v1i2U9@uni-berlin.de...
> 
>>necoandjeff wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you wish to compare the number of people in the world who can
> 
> communicate
> 
>>>in French against the number of people in the world who can communicate
> 
> in
> 
>>>English? What languages do you use to communicate with people here in
> 
> slj? I
> 
>>>can understand (and even sympathize with) your dislike of the fact that
>>>English has become the de facto lingua franca of the world, but you
> 
> cannot
> 
>>>change reality my friend.
>>
>>What's to sympathize with? If they don't like it, then maybe their
>>cultures should have spent more time being productive instead of
>>thinking up new ways to make cheese stink.
> 
> 
> Oh God. It was never my intent to convey any sympathy for the frogs. I was
> sympathizing with Musashi's apparent dissatisfaction with the fact that
> English has become the de facto international language.

I still don't understand what's to sympathize with. What difference does 
it make what the international language is?

- Kevin