"In fact there are a near infinite variety of reasons for being homeless"
Near infinite in the sense that there are near infinite ways of dying. You could be hit by an asteroid. You could fall off a cliff. But that obscures the fact that most people die from some sickness or disease.
I've done volunteer work with the homeless. There are 2 major causes of homelessness: mental illness and drug addiction. Everything else is insignificant in comparison.
That's partly true. I've always felt that language is the soil in which culture grows. But different English speaking countries have very different cultures. And culture is more fundamental than language. Language is more of a barrier that leads to isolation, and it's in that isolation that distinct cultures develop.
But my point remains. Your people living today may lament losing their native language, but your children and their children will not, at least not as much. In the long run linguistic unity far outweighs the current generation's unhappiness.
I can understand wanting to protect your culture, but the benefits of having a truly global language outweigh personal considerations of cultural pride.
Near infinite in the sense that there are near infinite ways of dying. You could be hit by an asteroid. You could fall off a cliff. But that obscures the fact that most people die from some sickness or disease.
I've done volunteer work with the homeless. There are 2 major causes of homelessness: mental illness and drug addiction. Everything else is insignificant in comparison.