Posted by BeardedLady on September 15, 2002, at 5:56:58
In reply to Re: sources of quotes/bearded lady, posted by mashogr8 on September 14, 2002, at 21:59:57
> Peace and have a great, happy day, free from the aggravation of ignorant people.
You are neither, and my comment was on your post but was directed to Dr. Bob. The PBC is what is ignorant.
> Without the hint that it is a quote from a speech, play or piece of literature I have no idea that I should do a google search.
I guess I take it for granted that everyone can tell when someone's post is his own. I deal with plagiarism all the time, so I am used to scrutinizing strings of words.
Since none of us on the board is named, to my knowledge, Mistuh Kurtz, I knew it had to be from a book or movie. And I also know KidA's style from posting, and I know what words he spells wrong, too! So when I see something that's not his style, I just know it.
And although I am against plagiarism of any form, Kid *usually* acknowledges the author at the bottom, unless he wants us to guess.
So I play, and I like to play. I do understand where you're coming from, and sometimes it's hard to get when you have your own baggage.
I apologize to you.
One guy on PB, Martin somebody (I'm too tired to look), posted an absolute theft of someone else's idea without attributing it. That was truly plagiarism--passing off someone else's thoughts as his own.
I really do believe that Kid's posts are enigmatic. Sometimes I'm right about his purpose, and sometimes I'm not. But I like it all the same.
beardyu
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