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I appreciate that you took the time to plagarize from http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html, a

I appreciate that you took the time to plagarize from http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/RentControl.html, as can be deduced by the fact that you mention Friedman, Hayek, Myrdal, and Lindbeck -- and that the website in question also does the same, in the exact order, with the exact same quotes by Mydral and Lindbeck. Also, the two papers that you refer to are the first two papers in the footnotes of said website. If you're going to offer a rebuttal, may I ask that you perform some original thought, rather than doing a copy-paste from a website? Unless, of course, you are Prof. Block himself.

fennecfoxen 13y ago
No, you may not. First: This is XKCD 386 here. There are limits to how much I care about you. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/ Second: it's a dispute about matters of fact. Originality per se has no meaning here. Accuracy does. Now, what you may ask is that I issue better citations in the future. Of course, in this case a citation is just a courtesy, since we're in an two-bit good-for-nothing zero-impact argument on stinkin' Hacker News which no one will care about in a week. But there's no reason to be discourteous if you can help it. So apologies, Walter.
- brenschluss 13y ago
  Logic would say that unoriginal direct plagiarism, from a strongly biased source, without referencing the citation in question, is indication of an argument that is actually not very coherent or cogent -- but one that rather parrots certain established mindsets. In other words; your lack of transparency about your citations is a signal that you lack both originality and accuracy. Finally; the page you link to is created/funded by an organization that Al Gore had this to say about: "These groups are not providing unbiased judicial education. They are giving multithousand-dollar vacations to federal judges to promote their radical right-wing agenda at the expense of the public interest."

fennecfoxen 13y ago

No, you may not. First: This is XKCD 386 here. There are limits to how much I care about you. http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/ Second: it's a dispute about matters of fact. Originality per se has no meaning here. Accuracy does. Now, what you may ask is that I issue better citations in the future. Of course, in this case a citation is just a courtesy, since we're in an two-bit good-for-nothing zero-impact argument on stinkin' Hacker News which no one will care about in a week. But there's no reason to be discourteous if you can help it. So apologies, Walter.

brenschluss 13y ago
Logic would say that unoriginal direct plagiarism, from a strongly biased source, without referencing the citation in question, is indication of an argument that is actually not very coherent or cogent -- but one that rather parrots certain established mindsets. In other words; your lack of transparency about your citations is a signal that you lack both originality and accuracy. Finally; the page you link to is created/funded by an organization that Al Gore had this to say about: "These groups are not providing unbiased judicial education. They are giving multithousand-dollar vacations to federal judges to promote their radical right-wing agenda at the expense of the public interest."