The post I was responding to was off-topic as well.
... I think those who risked their lives by being translators for our armed forces are probably due a bit of a fast lane.
I think it's actually part of the deal when they give you the job, if not specifically then it is certainly alluded to.
You'd think that, but it's not actually what happens a lot of the time, in my understanding. John Oliver did a whole show about it.
Why wouldn't they have that information easily available on file then? Why the whole detaining process for 4 hours when it should have been something easily checked?
Yes, they should, but bureaucracies are inept.
4 hours was fast, sheesh. You instatwitter generation... :)
For a country that talks the talk when it comes to praising your service men and women, it doesn't always walk the walk, especially when those people are brown and/or non-christian.
The exception makes the rule. America is still great for people of all color.
"The exception [that] proves the rule" is a saying whose meaning has been interpreted or misinterpreted in various ways. Its true, or at least original, meaning is that the presence of an exception applying to a specific case establishes ("proves") that a general rule exists.
That's exactly the meaning I am conveying.
Did you miss the part where gp said they were translating for the US Army?
My comment doesn't reference the GP. Did you miss that?