The negative side of the story, is that such an archive can actually contain information about individuals which was online at some time, but has been removed for privacy reasons. This might not be desirable.
I was not being nationalist at all. What I mean, is the more languages you learn the more you will have access to different cultures, and the more chance these cultures will persist.
And yes, you need the language to access the culture. Try reading Goethe in english, or Montaigne in chinese or Shakespeare in french, and
you will see what I mean.
>If you want to program, you have to know english.
This is not the point. The article is not about using english in programming, but about internet content in english.
The dominance of a single language (be it english) is a sign of cultural poverty. Every country should promote its native language as the language of choice for its media. The native language is what gives every people in this world access to its culturel heritage. By forcing a single language you take away that cultural heritage.
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The negative side of the story, is that such an archive can actually contain information about individuals which was online at some time, but has been removed for privacy reasons. This might not be desirable.
I was not being nationalist at all. What I mean, is the more languages you learn the more you will have access to different cultures, and the more chance these cultures will persist. And yes, you need the language to access the culture. Try reading Goethe in english, or Montaigne in chinese or Shakespeare in french, and you will see what I mean.
>If you want to program, you have to know english. This is not the point. The article is not about using english in programming, but about internet content in english.
The dominance of a single language (be it english) is a sign of cultural poverty. Every country should promote its native language as the language of choice for its media. The native language is what gives every people in this world access to its culturel heritage. By forcing a single language you take away that cultural heritage.