"And of course you can't have one rule for some and another rule for the rest." We can (and do) have recognition only for some (and not just for everybody, i.e

"And of course you can't have one rule for some and another rule for the rest." We can (and do) have recognition only for some (and not just for everybody, i.e. "the rest"). It may be a flawed solution, but that is how things work in the real life.