FTA: "Languages, of course, are human creations, tools we invent and hone to suit our needs. Simply showing that speakers of different languages think differently doesn't tell us whether it's language that shapes thought or the other way around."

Umm.... I disagree. English was around well before I was, and I haven't known anything but it, so to say that I am effecting the language more than it is effecting me seem inherently incorrect.