In the formerly Great Britain:

My apologies, all my knives are wanted. But thanks for asking!

I am Hispanic/Latino/Caribbean who was never into what I am supposed like in music which is Salsa and related Afro-Caribbean music. For some reason my ear was more attuned to Prog Rock with the occasional trips to Blues, old Jazz, Big Band and Country. Lately I am getting keen on what some call Appalachian music (If you watched “Justified” you may have heard some of that) so you can say my tastes in music are eclectic.

But there is one song that gets triggered immediately by just reading the name of the city. And I even have to sing the first line of it. It is like a Pavlovian thing or I am left with a sense of unease.

♫ Amarillo by mornin’
Up from San Antone ♪

OK, this is where it gets weird: If I read/listen/say the word in Spanish, no trigger.

The brain is a very strange machine. Oh well, it is George Strait, you can’t go wrong.

A collage of some comments in Social Media about the upcoming Death Wish remake.

And what really must be pissing SJW is that 99.99999% of the comments in Social Media are in favor of the flick barring the purists that are afraid this version will not do justice to the original.

Of course, as a full-fledged Old Fart ™, the original Death Wish with Charles Bronson will never lose a place in my heart, but I am willing to give this one chance since it is Bruce Willis.

However, the Left is already leaving track marks in their allergen-free undies about this movie.

And if anything, the timing and location of the new movie is spot on: Chicago today. Where the old Death Wish was in the 1970s New York when the Big Apple was at its worst, Chicago is the 21st century equivalence. Back then, same as now, Liberals threw a fit at the idea of a Vigilante weeding out the scum of NYC and we should expect more of the same for this new version.

In the book itself (which by the way, once again available after many years off the shelves, even used) there is a quote by the hero, Paul Benjamin (the name was changed to Paul Kersey for the movie) and it has a great definition of Liberal.

“It came to me a little while ago what we really are, we liberals. We demand reforms, we want to improve the situation of the underprivileged – why? To make them better off materially? Nuts. It’s only to make ourselves feel less guilty. We rend our garments, we’re eager to show how willing we are to accept any outrageous demand so long as it’s black, or youthful, or put up by someone who thinks he’s got a grievance. We want to appease everybody – you know what a liberal is? A liberal is a guy who walks out of the room when the fight starts.”
Death Wish – Brian Garfield. (1972)

Succinctly put, don’t you agree?

And I am going to add something to J. Kb.’s post: Americans not only want immigrants to speak English but they will also help you. This I know since I came to the USA with enough words to ask for a cheeseburger and where the bathroom was located, other than that, I had to depend on a small dictionary and the kindness of people.  And people were very kind they helped me, corrected me, invited me to parties and gatherings so I could improve my conversational skills, loaned me books, took me to movies.

What I did not do was to ghetto myself with other Spanish speakers. I did not watch TV or listened to the radio in Spanish (Truth be told, there was very little back then In Nashville which was why I picked it)  and I realized that I was going to screw up big time and make a fool out of myself with strangers. But it was either ditch the pride or learn the language. Pride got locked in the closet.

If you happen to drive near schools where immigrants are concentrated, you will probably see the banners announcing Adult Education sponsored by Miami-Dade County Public Schools and they cover items for foreigners like:

Obviously, not all centers have all the classes, but there are 21 of them located through the county. One has to be near you:

The cost of the English Classes? $31.50 per semester plus the class book.

And I am going to say something to Christopher Hayes: Those of us, legal immigrants who went through the effort to become citizens and learn the language, also support the idea that immigrants know English.  It is basic manners to come to somebody’s house and not only behave honorably but respect the rules and customs of the hosts.

Learning English is just common courtesy.