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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:37 AM Original message |
Poll question: Is it OK to plagiarize other people's essays |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. No, and it's much more interesting and satisfying to write your own. |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
2. Never. It's intellectually dishonest (nt) |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Plagiarism is theft. |
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StopTheMorans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I agree |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
4. You hit the "google" button too?? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
53. Pretty surprising, huh? |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. I'm shocked, I tell ya - just shocked |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Never! And whoever said only when you can get away with it - fess up! |
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7th_Sephiroth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. every thing written |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. hardeee har har n/t |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was just trying to figure out which of the 7 deadly sins it falls under. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Don't forget the Act of Contrition |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Oh yeah... |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. You have to practice? |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. I said "Of course". |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. Hell no |
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Mizmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
13. Let me guess |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. Nope--it's about GD Politics yesterday evening, I suspect. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's cheating. And lying. Are you really unsure about whether it's "OK"? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's stealing, plain and simple. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. Never |
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madison2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
19. only if they're as good as you are! |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
20. Plagiarism is Art. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. "Art" in the sense that Bob Ross paintings are "art"? |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I was thinking more.... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
49. or something like this |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Only if you do something interesting with the work |
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XNASA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Well then, there's the caveat. |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. NEVER. Very dishonest. |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:06 PM Original message |
You can get in trouble recycling your own essays for different classes |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. I believe there is no problem when the congratulations are "thank you for |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I think we're talking about a situation where the original poster |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. If that's what we're talking about, then it would be wrong. If it isn't |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. quite humerous |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. it's illegal! |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
31. absolutely not. It is like stealing someone's invention |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. A student of my niece turned in a plagiarized paper. |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Have friends that teach at the college level... |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That was really stupid! |
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Dastard Stepchild (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. beyond stupid! :) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. How awful. |
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terrya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. It most certainly is NOT ok. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. Sure. Just don't lecture others about ethics while you steal. |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 04:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Heh-heh. |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. What an interesting concept... |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. You owe my boss a new keyboard |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. True that. Gotta admit, it took chutzpah. nt |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
56. *snort* |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. Well, it's never okay, BUT.... |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. But it's all lying |
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Magrittes Pipe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Agreed. |
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Donkeyboy75 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But my ego is hungry. |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
43. I don't see the point of the essay |
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arwalden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. Only For HYPOCRITES... |
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ronzo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. Certainly not. |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. Hell - cite it, footnotes are fun!!! |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. plagiarism sucks... let's ask Gannon about that... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
52. It's stealing, pure and simple. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. It's ALWAYS stealing |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 07:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Someone posted about it in AtA and it is being discussed. |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 07:03 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Well, do the rules state that the person should be banned? |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
61. Locking...... |
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