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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
by 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 agoLogic 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."