Comments on: Lawsuit demands drugstores hire bilingual interpreters

By: mojo

mojo — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:47:59 +0000

Obviously it’s impossible for the pharmacies to supply translators for all those languages. The customers should bring their own if they need help.

By: Deoxy

Deoxy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:24:36 +0000

“Honestly, I think comparing the desire for everyone to be able to understand each other in a country with a desire for ethnic or racial homogeneity is absurd.”

So do I, and yet it is absolutely the standard practice. Sad, sick, pathetic… and normal. :-/

By: Artemus

Artemus — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:50:19 +0000

Perhaps the United States should stop inviting immigrants who cannot understand “Take one pill each day”.

Also, I’d be shocked (!!) to learn that the plaintiffs have some kind of financial stake in the interpreting/translating business.

By: Ryan Frank

Ryan Frank — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:07:41 +0000

Honestly, I think comparing the desire for everyone to be able to understand each other in a country with a desire for ethnic or racial homogeneity is absurd.

By: Anonymous Attorney

Anonymous Attorney — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:09:13 +0000

I realize the libertarian-minded don’t oppose open borders/open immigration, but here’s a pretty clear example of a way in which our new Tower of Babel drives up costs. The lawsuit is pretty groundless, clearly, but even in the absence of litigation, there are heavy costs brought on by the fact that nobody speaks the same language: lost efficiency, duplicated services, disappointed expectations, blood pressures raised by frustration, etc. But never mind. Anyone advocating for ethnic, racial or linguistic homogeneity will immediately come in for serious bruising.