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The original phrase is " Une policière engueule une femme dont le garçon de trois ans court dans tous les sens". in the context;I think a correct transalation is " the police-woman shouted at a lady because her three-year-old child was runing in all directions.
Which is not any better.
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heres a logical question. ISNT PUTTING SOMEONE IN A ROOM FOR TWELVE HOURS FOR NO FUCKING REASON A CRIME
You'd think. The culture in the US just seems to tolerate too much of this "Show me your papers!" attitude imho. Source: I grew up in the UK where you (still) don't need to carry a drivers license. Meanwhile in the USA where I'm now a citizen I get a cold sweat if I forget my wallet when I take a 10 minute drive to buy some milk in case I'm pulled over by the cops..
Neither curiousgirl or I said the prof should have been detained.
Neither curiousgirl or I said his detention was legal.
Neither curiousgirl or I said we shouldn't fight the current climate.
Neither curiousgirl or I YELLED AT SOMEBODY ON THE INTERWEBS.
I pointed out that someone had a reasonable question, and asked it in a reasonable and respectful way, in a forum that supposedly is about discussion.
Y'all need to pick your battles. It shouldn't have been with either of us!!!
I wondered why a “French scholar” would have so much trouble. Near the end, he reveals: “ Maybe it's my birthplace, Egypt [..]”, which, if indeed he looks Egyptian and not French, goes a long way towards explaining it. Racism is a thing.
Let's not rule out that his skin color is on the lighter side of the spectrum.
This is nothing new, and the same thing happened to this American going to a conference in Europe in 2016: https://medium.com/@rachelnabors/wtfuk-73009d5623b4#.1079ksb... HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11876453
UK is not Europe.
Something along these lines (although by far not that bad) happened to me when I traveled to NYC for vacation of New Years Eve 2016/2017(this was before Trump took office). At the border control I was asked to follow the officer and wait in a room. I was waiting with a couple of other people but most people there were only waiting because of small formalities with their passports and they could leave after a couple o…
I wondered why a “French scholar” would have so much trouble. Near the end, he reveals: “ Maybe it's my birthplace, Egypt [..]”, which, if indeed he looks Egyptian and not French, goes a long way towards explaining it. Racism is a thing.
This is nothing new, and the same thing happened to this American going to a conference in Europe in 2016: https://medium.com/@rachelnabors/wtfuk-73009d5623b4#.1079ksb... HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11876453
UK is not Europe.
It feels like the age of the US is nearing to an end. I am not looking forward (on behalf of my children) for the transitional period that will follow.
For french speakers, here is the direct link : http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/henry-rousso/muslim-ban-donald-...
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heres a logical question. ISNT PUTTING SOMEONE IN A ROOM FOR TWELVE HOURS FOR NO FUCKING REASON A CRIME
You'd think. The culture in the US just seems to tolerate too much of this "Show me your papers!" attitude imho. Source: I grew up in the UK where you (still) don't need to carry a drivers license. Meanwhile in the USA where I'm now a citizen I get a cold sweat if I forget my wallet when I take a 10 minute drive to buy some milk in case I'm pulled over by the cops..
There's a convenient arrangement, but strictly speaking you commit an offence if you don't, when asked, give your driving licence.
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/part/VII/crosshe...
This is an important difference between US and UK.
We have bad laws and they're not often used. The US has bad laws and they're used all the time.