Seriously, shouldn't it be the _children_ who get stoned?

[chaotic_nipple]

A British primary school teacher has been arrested in Sudan, accused of insulting Islam's Prophet by letting her class of 7-year-olds name a teddy bear Mohammed, her school said on Monday.

This is hardly fair, it was the kids that did the blaspheming. :-P

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[nanimo.livejournal.com]

I don't think that's fair, actually. Most of the arguments I made are based in my knowledge of history and international politics. My experiences in Sudan may color that knowledge, or me a more nuanced understanding, but having been there doesn't automatically give me an awareness of, say, how they were treated as a colony. And to be honest, our tendancy to think "hey, this person has personal experience with this thing so clearly they have a sophisticated understanding of the giant over-arching issues at plau" rather annoys me.

But! I is a published author on the subject! (Because that means anything either...)

PS I'm sorry I suck today. See, secretly I just offered to hang out with you so that you'd be fooled into thinking I'm a vaguely nice person and will be willing to have sex with me when you're feeling better. But obviously I don't actually follow through on that shit...

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

Argument from authority isn't necessarilly a fallacy, it can be a useful supporting argument and shortcut to pointing out the substance of that expert's expertise instead, but I see your point. Anyway, my first instinct was to go "Bad man argue with Kyra, BOYFRIEND SMASH!!!" while beating my chest. Somehow, I sensed taht would be inappropriate. ;-)

[nanimo.livejournal.com]

But my point is that it wasn't a legitimate argument from authority. Do I know what assholes the janjanjaweed can be? Yes. Does having been on Sudanese soil mean that I know crap about their history... Or anything about what's going on in Khartoum (which I've flown through but never really been to)? No.

And I laugh at your boyfriend smash urges, especially considering that in said argument I was one of the most aggressive participants.(And was a touch concerned you might get irritated at me for starting things on your lj...)