Comments on: Sudan Pardons Teddy Bear Teacher http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:53:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Just wondering http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-245248 Just wondering Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:00:36 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/12/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/#comment-245248 I flew over Sudan once, on a Frankfurt-Nairobi flight. (Boy, talk about flyover land -- except for Khartoum and the strip of green along the Nile it looked <em>really</em> desolate.) Now I'm not sure I even want to fly over it, wondering what sorts of things could befall me if we made an emergency landing. I flew over Sudan once, on a Frankfurt-Nairobi flight. (Boy, talk about flyover land -- except for Khartoum and the strip of green along the Nile it looked really desolate.) Now I'm not sure I even want to fly over it, wondering what sorts of things could befall me if we made an emergency landing.

]]> By: Boyd http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-245142 Boyd Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:22:38 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/12/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/#comment-245142 It seems to me that, by definition, "crazy" reactions are impossible for a rational person to predict. For example, I could never predict how any of my ex-wives would react to just about anything. It seems to me that, by definition, "crazy" reactions are impossible for a rational person to predict. For example, I could never predict how any of my ex-wives would react to just about anything.

]]> By: Eric Lindholm http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/comment-page-1/#comment-245140 Eric Lindholm Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:17:12 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/12/sudan_pardons_teddy_bear_teacher/#comment-245140 <em>Clearly, since the Muslim children themselves thought it was proper to name the bear “Mohammed,” Gibbons could not have reasonably been expected to know otherwise</em>. I disagree. Gibbons should have known better and asked herself: "How would a crazy Muslim respond to this?" That's one way to stay alive/unflogged. Clearly, since the Muslim children themselves thought it was proper to name the bear “Mohammed,” Gibbons could not have reasonably been expected to know otherwise.

I disagree. Gibbons should have known better and asked herself: "How would a crazy Muslim respond to this?" That's one way to stay alive/unflogged.

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