18 October 2009

Plagiarism

The booboisie have accused me of this for the the NRA Has Yet to Explain Why It Wants to Help Killers, Criminals, Lunatics, and Imbeciles Acquire Guns post. Yet another example lack of understanding and comprehension their part.

Plagiarism is defined as (no weird OED definition here):
1 : an act or instance of plagiarizing
2 : something plagiarized

Main Entry: pla·gia·rize
Pronunciation: \ˈplā-jə-ˌrīz also -jē-ə-\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pla·gia·rized; pla·gia·riz·ing
Etymology: plagiary
Date: 1716
transitive verb : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source intransitive verb : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.

Sorry, Morons, but I give credit where credit is due, which takes it out of the realm of plagiarism.

Now, If I said it was an original post, then you would be correct.

BUT as usual, you are WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!

See my "It's all cut and paste" post for more on this topic.