Consistency is not something I've come to expect... Especially when the arguments against were mainly only put forward in order to disagree with me, not because they passed for anything resembling common sense!

Although, it should be noted I am on the fence with this... I have made it clear what I think the minimum requirement to teach should be. That said I understand that, especially in Asia, there is far more of a demand than actually qualified teachers can meet.

If the only way to get a work visa was to meet those requirements, then a lot of the very bad TCs would be forced to close and only the ones serious about providing good quality education could afford to remain open and hire correctly qualified teachers.

As this is unlikely to happen, I realize (like it or not) that exceptions will be made. In that respect, I don't think having a fake degree or an unrelated degree really matters, so long as you have a TEFL certification. Someone with a BA in media studies is no more qualified than somebody who never went to uni is to teach English.

People without a degree or an unrelated degree might well be competent enough to handle conversation classes, but the real bones of actual language teaching should be left to those of us actually qualified to teach.