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An interesting observation about this is that there's just enough "truth" in the essay to make it a somewhat believable source: like John was titled/surnamed La
by oconnor0 15y ago
An interesting observation about this is that there's just enough "truth" in the essay to make it a somewhat believable source: like John was titled/surnamed Lackland, the Magna Carta was signed at Runnymede - assuming the Wikipedia article isn't lying.
But that is, of course, different than plagiarism.
- Turing_Machine 15y agoUnless you notice the part about him having been Duke of Hazzard. :-)
- oconnor0 15y agoOh, there's certainly junk that should alert someone to its comedic nature, but there's also content isn't entirely fabricated.
- wnewman 15y agoAny assignment that expects footnotes probably ought to have graders who scan the footnotes, and I find it particularly funny, in a grim and ghastly way, that no one tripped over the jests concentrated there. Bollock & Maidenhead _The Interminable History of English Law_ was mentioned in the original post. And _From Magna Carta ..._ (i.e., 1215) _... to Domesday Book_ (i.e., 1085)? Or D. Rumsfeld _Killing Will Make You Free_?
- mikeash 15y agoI agree, it's really well done. It's enough like a real essay to withstand a semi-casual scan such as might be done by a student wanting to copy it, but contains enough absurdity to be blindingly obvious to anyone who reads through it thoroughly.