http://www.mezzoguild.com/esperanto/

Thank you Hilary for all the information. If ever need Esperanto or get to know personally anyone who does, I`ll let you know first, count on it!

Neither English nor Esperanto have become “the language of the world”. Neither language is universal but both are international. I see Esperanto as a remarkable success story. It has survived wars and revolutions and economic crises and continues to attract people to learn and speak it. Esperanto works. I’ve used it in about seventeen countries over recent years. I recommend it to anyone, as a way of making friendly local contacts in other countries. I am no less British when I speak Esperanto, of course. Each speaker of Esperanto brings with him / her ideas and traditions from his native tongue, but that mother tongue remains intact. I’m concerned by your claim that Esperanto “doesn`t have a cultural background”. You might be surprised to learn that Esperanto has an extensive indigenous culture and an original literature to rival that of many ethnic tongues. Naturally it didn't start out that way, but when you have such a large community speaking a common language for such a long time, it's probably inevitable that a culture will emerge. People around the world use Esperanto every day for everything from childrearing to religious worship to technical manuals to travel guides. Finally, you describe Esperanto as an “experiment”. If it is an experiment, is a very long and successful one. In 128 years, it has managed to grow from a drawing-board project with just one speaker in one country to a complete and living natural language with around 2,000,000 speakers in over 120 countries and a rich literature and cosmopolitan culture, with little or no official backing and even bouts of persecution.

I agree completely. Language, culture and history are closely intertwined. To establish Esperanto as a common global language would require something to happen that is so profound that it changes the course of human civilization.