--- Gilbert Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Copy from one source and it is plagiarism. > Copy from multiple sources and it is research. >
I am surprised that an educated man is confused about the difference between plagiarism and research. If it is mere confusion or ignorance then one can fault the type of education one has received at home or at the primary school level. But if the apparent moral equivalence between borderline criminal activity and one of the noblest forms of human endeavor, stated above, stems from cynicism, then such an assertion and mindset should be greeted with the utmost condemnation from those who are hoping that our children be better educated. What kind of a role model is a physician who, despite being a beneficiary of 200 years of medical research, equates all research with unlawful behavior such as plagiarism? Moreover, how alarming is it that a person who has published some writings of his own thinks that it is as normal to plagiarize as it is to engage in research? Who would trust what such an author publishes? Cheers, Santosh