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This is incredibly condescending and to be honest, you're not that intelligent if you have to resort to the faceless ridiculing of someone in a public forum. I

This is incredibly condescending and to be honest, you're not that intelligent if you have to resort to the faceless ridiculing of someone in a public forum. I had to work with plagiarism first-hand at a first-class graduate school. You would think the caliber of talent for such a prestigious university would weed out disingenuous individuals, but the truth is that plagiarism is a cultural phenomenon. Just type in "plagiarism china" into Google to find out how students are being raised to copy work and rewarded for their efforts. Then they come to learn over in America in a culture where its frowned upon, and you see them with the same confused expressions when they correct their work. Not to say that what China is doing as a country is right, but you can't simply state that people are stupid.

protomyth 16y ago
It really isn't held as a major sin by the general public in the US. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/2607505/Joe-Biden-plagiarised-Neil-Kinnock-speech.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/b... http://www.slate.com/id/2198597/ http://www.slate.com/id/2198597/
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S_A_P 16y ago
Totally agree. What is the point of this article? To have a laugh at the "airhead" that didn't understand what plagiarism was? This article reads like a chain email for "darwin awards" to me.
jonpaul 16y ago
Agreed. Clearly the author isn't that intelligent - as he/she doesn't understand what irony means.