Let me pose some questions:
- Is it or is it not pathetic when someone uses someone else’s info and pass it off as their own?
- Is it or is it not more pathetic when they actually try to use such content in conversations?
Who would’ve thought that the latter would be possible eh? The internet, with all it’s blogs, boards, or any text-based communication medium makes this sort of plagiarism possible. I recall distinctly on one of my “political” posts, some comments which made so much sense, which were so articulate – but alas, had said too much (citing other views/responses that had nothing to do with MY post) AND sounded so familiar that I swore I read them somewhere before that I just had to try googling the phrases – and ended up finding a whole bunch of articles by Conrad de Quiros which contained the very same “responses” verbatim.
There’s also another board out there where I see this being done, but I just ignore it since it really doesn’t do any harm… but just for the record, to anyone who likes doing what I just mentioned:
Please don’t disrespect the authors you lifted your information from. Why must you try to make it seem that you yourself said it? Trying to pass stuff on as your own (which obviously isn’t) doesn’t make you look smart – quite the opposite in fact.
Give credit where credit is due. There’s no law against quoting – so why do you insist on not doing so… is it perhaps there is absolutely nothing original inside those heads of yours? Probably so, in that case… plagiarize away!