Hi Pash, Look http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17083397 The next generation of Latvians won't speak Russian at all.. :(
Thank you my Friend! You gave me a good hint for some thought..
Every issue can be looked upon as a two sided coin:
-opportunity for challenge or even war http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Muscovite
OR
-opportunity for co-development and harmony http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto-Slavic
Neither can be taken for an Absolute Truth. However the alternatives present a us with an opportunity to make a choice, to choose an Attitude, to check acknowledge own assumptions. We make choices every day... Now, do you still think ' :( ' when Latvians reject your mother tongue as a candidate for their State Language? I would be puzzled one accepts me as a friend only because I can speak fairly good Russian. Languages are better used as tools to open doors, not mere signs of allegiance or factors of distinction. Is a chimp better monkey that gorilla? 'Humons' can do better.
Yours,
Pasha, Paul, Povilas
