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roachboy · 11-15-2010, 02:08 PM

read the evidence, ace. an undergraduate would be thrown out of university for that stuff. i've seen it happen for less.

again, though, it's astonishing that people have argued it's woodward's book about the bush administration that's one of the major sources that are used without acknowledgment.

why would anyone would use the best-selling book about the administration to come out so far as a source to crib from?
it's like begging to get caught.

i'm curious about the explanation.

don't you find this strange, ace? even you must find it strange.

btw: how "serious" plagiarism is varies with context. like i said, a student at university would be thrown out for less than this. in the wider world, much depends on context, on questions like the kind of project is in question, in how that project is understood by cultural mediators, what the rules of the game for producing that kind of project are and who enforces them. my own relation to the idea of plagiarism varies alot with context.

but the rules of the game for a straight autobiography pretty clearly don't leave alot of space for plagiarism.
ironic relations to that form can.
but not if you play it straight.

there's something really odd happening here.
i don't have enough information yet to be able to figure out what it is. i suppose sooner or later we'll know.

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roachboy Super Moderator Location: essex ma	read the evidence, ace. an undergraduate would be thrown out of university for that stuff. i've seen it happen for less. again, though, it's astonishing that people have argued it's woodward's book about the bush administration that's one of the major sources that are used without acknowledgment. why would anyone would use the best-selling book about the administration to come out so far as a source to crib from? it's like begging to get caught. i'm curious about the explanation. don't you find this strange, ace? even you must find it strange. btw: how "serious" plagiarism is varies with context. like i said, a student at university would be thrown out for less than this. in the wider world, much depends on context, on questions like the kind of project is in question, in how that project is understood by cultural mediators, what the rules of the game for producing that kind of project are and who enforces them. my own relation to the idea of plagiarism varies alot with context. but the rules of the game for a straight autobiography pretty clearly don't leave alot of space for plagiarism. ironic relations to that form can. but not if you play it straight. there's something really odd happening here. i don't have enough information yet to be able to figure out what it is. i suppose sooner or later we'll know. __________________ a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear it make you sick. -kamau brathwaite Last edited by roachboy; 11-15-2010 at 02:16 PM..