Harvard's Plagiarism Panic

By Timothy Birdnow

Harvard University, Regis of America's higher educational system, has been rocked by an enormous cheating scandal.

What is the big deal? Harvard may not officially encourage plagiarism, but it hardly frowns on the practice, either. Consider: legendary law professor Laurence Tribe was guilty of plagiarism, as were former Harvard prof and current Massachusetts senatorial candidate Elizabeth Warren Law and Harvard grad and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. These luminaries of Harvard get caught, mumble a stilted apology, and move right along, so why shouldn't the student body in general.

What is happening at Harvard?

It's simple -- Harvard has sold its soul to progressivism, a bankrupt philosophy, yet it still demands high performance from its students to maintain its illustrious image. And liberalism is a relativistic belief system that holds no absolute truth and that emphasizes the material nature of Man rather than the spiritual, so there is no moral condemnation except where the collective decides to condemn. Morals are merely a social convention, agreed upon by the majority. The hallmark of leftists is the notion that they can slowly change the convention to make the world more to their liking. Well, if you believe that, why not take shortcuts? Morality is relative, after all. If you agree with what is being said, why bother to say it in your own words? Why bother to take the extra step of crediting a source? Who is to say you aren't the originator of it? It isn't the choice of words, but the meaning you wish to convey, anyway................................


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I was reading about this. Cheating is so prevalent. I am not shocked at all.

I find it ironic that Blazer Bob posts this crap as if it is his own thought, in a plagerism
thread. So Bob what is your opinion? Speak up Man.

Plus, Romney went to Harvard and got TWO degrees. I'm not sure why the article centers on liberals at Harvard.

Hoot Owl wrote: I find it ironic that Blazer Bob posts this crap as if it is his own thought, in a plagerism
thread. So Bob what is your opinion? Speak up Man.

Reading comprehension problems? The first 3 words of my post.

"By Timothy Birdnow"

Oh, I thought that was you, BB, so didn't worry about plagarism. Not much in the way of ethics anymore, in this country. Maybe it has something to do with having to pay so much for a college education that you're in debt over it until you die.

Hoot Owl wrote: I find it ironic that Blazer Bob posts this crap as if it is his own thought, in a plagerism
thread. So Bob what is your opinion? Speak up Man.

rofllol I think Hoot Owl may have been refering to this sentence.

If you agree with what is being said, why bother to say it in your own words?

BB obviously agrees with Timothy Birdnow's opinion.

2wlady wrote: Oh, I thought that was you, BB, so didn't worry about plagarism. Not much in the way of ethics anymore, in this country. Maybe it has something to do with having to pay so much for a college education that you're in debt over it until you die.

Perhaps if the federal government wasn't so invested in "making college affordable" it might actually be affordable as it was prior to the federal crusade. The more money the federal government borrows to pump into the system, the more quickly the tuition rates rise. Something about more money chasing the same amount of goods and services and inflation that I remember from my introductory economics classes seems to apply.

Looking at the "success" that the federal government has had "making college more affordable" has me worrying about the fate of their attempts to "hold down the cost of health care".