Posted by Maria L. on March 26, 2000 at 23:02:21:
In Reply to: Re: PIDHA MOBA posted by Maria L. on March 26, 2000 at 22:59:32:
: : THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF UKRAINE SHOULD BE UKRAINIAN. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST THIS NEW GENERATION OF UKRAINIANS TO CLEAN UP THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE. WHY GIVE UP AND MAKE A BILINGUAL COUNTRY WHEN THE PURPOSE FOR TRUE UKREAINIANS WAS TO HAVE A FREE COUNTRY WITH OUR OWN BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE WHICH IS UKRAINIAN. I AM ASHAMED OF THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE UKRAINIAN AND WANT RUSSIAN TO ALSO BE A NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF UKRAINE. I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY SPEEK THE LANGUAGE OF OUR FORMER OPRESSORS, BUT WE NEED TO STAND BY OUR BELIEFS. UKRAINE IS A FREE COUNTRY NOW AND HAS THE OPPROTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IS OUR POWN, NOT THE RUSIANS. UKRAINIAN SHOULD BE THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE AND THERE IS NO OTHER EXCEPTION. THE DIASPORA NEEDS TO HELP OUT IN THIS CAUSE. WHY LOOSE WHAT WE HAVE GAINED AND WHAT OUR BRETHEREN SHED BLOOD FOR. PLEASE, IF YOU ARE A TRUE UKRAINIAN, SAVOR OUR LANGUAGE.
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I totally agree with the Young Nationalist's comment. And would like to add that Ukraine is our own country, and let us have our own language be the official language. Many ukrainians can speak Russian, and the Russians who live in Ukraine can learn how to speak the language of the country that they live in.