[Vision2020] Melynda Huskey Charges John Harrell Falsely
With Plagrism
Melynda Huskey
melyndah@wsu.edu
Tue, 01 Jul 2003 08:49:19 -0700
John writes:
>I pulled the quotes off of another bulletin board. . . . And so what
>anyway. If I had found that
>website, I would given the link, because I really don't care who first
>compiled them. So actually Melynda did me a service.
Ah, the old "Well, it's not plagiarism if I steal it from someone who's
already stolen it" argument--also popular among fraternity men using the
house files. This is your second strike, John: the Academic Misconduct
committee would be seeing you if you were my student.
I'd suggest that if you hope to use quotations to bolster an argument, it
behooves you to collect your own, and to be sure that they are accurate and
germane. That's how grownups argue.
Of course, if your opinions are acquired in the same way as your
quotations, perhaps it doesn't matter.
Anybody missing a derivative and unsupported claim? John's got a Lost and
Found Ideas box you might check.
Melynda Huskey