When you cite the source, it's not plagiarism. When you don't - even if you don't copy it exactly, but rather do so substantially (which whoever wrote Melania Trump's speech most definitely did), it's plagiarism.
On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 1:25:43 PM UTC-4, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Hey Perp! > > Yea....We fundamentally disagree here. I can remember back in law > school, there was a big "To-Do" about plagerism; where the class > participants had worked on their projects for months, and the day that we > were to turn them in, the Professor refused to take them, and gave each > participant an extra day to ensure that there was no plagerism. I was not > at all concerned, I hadn't plagerized anything but I remember asking the > question: "What constitutes Plagerism?" > > By example, if I refer to reports from CBS News; and say, "*Dan Rather > from CBS News reported the following:"* > > Is that plagerism? Surely other individuals have said the same identical > lines before me and will no doubt say something similar in the future. > > When you listen to what Melania Trump said, (and by the way, none of > Melania's sentences run concurrently to Michelle Obama's speech); these > are common terms utilized by a host of politicians and probably each and > every First Lady over our entire history. > > I honestly don't think that this is plagerism. Even assuming for a moment > that the speech writer had reviewed Michelle Obama's 2008 speech prior to > writing the speech for Melania; there is enough distinction, coupled with > the fact that the core comments are sentiments that all Americans embrace, > both Democratic and Republican alike; that I see this more as an attack by > the Secular Progressive camp and a weak one at that.....Much ado, about > nothing..... > > It's a shame, because the focus now is off the focus of Melania Trump's > speech, which was a good speech, and now focused on plagerism, which was > the goal of the Secular Progressive camp. They succeeded. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvVMV9aUbE > > > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 12:40 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> >> Did you see on the news where they played both audio tracks over each >> other ... her speech writers screwed the pooch on this one!!! >> >> They need to get better and politically savvy people on their team!!! >> -------- >> >> I agree totally, brine. This dumbass JV team they've got going is going >> to screw up one too many times (which they are quickly approaching) and >> lose this election that is his to win. >> >> On Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 11:14:29 AM UTC-4, brine wrote: >>> >>> Did you see on the news where they played both audio tracks over each >>> other ... her speech writers screwed the pooch on this one!!! >>> >>> They need to get better and politically savvy people on their team!!! >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Agreed! >>>> >>>> I too think it's a stretch to accuse Melania Trump (and her speech >>>> writer(s)) of plagerism....I find it ironic, somewhat humorous, and >>>> typical >>>> of Far Left Secular Progressives to hurl such accusations, when you >>>> consider that the President, and crazy Uncle Joe Biden are the Kings of >>>> plagerizing speeches! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> While the MSM and left are focusing on generic phrases that most >>>>> people would use in such a speech, the major distinction is being missed. >>>>> >>>>> Michelle, a US born citizen only became proud of America when her husband >>>>> was nominated and elected. Melania became a US citizen in 2006 and >>>>> loudly >>>>> proclaims its the best place on the earth. Honest and refreshing. She >>>>> will >>>>> be a class act first lady. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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