[lbo-talk] Ward Churchill responds to U. of Colorado investigation]

[Michael J. Smith]

On Saturday 01 July 2006 23:02, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Something I am reading just reminded me of the fact that Coleridge in
> Bigraphia Literaria was as bad a plagiarist as Churchill.  Plagiarism is
> an ancient scholarly & intellectual habit which probably ought to be
> encouraged rather than discouraged. Such encouragement would undoubtedly
> raise considerably the tone of academic discourse.

Also, the ease of plagiarism in the Internet Age greatly lowers the 
barriers to entry into the baccalaureate class -- surely a positive 
development. Devalue the sheepskin currency down to Weimar 
Deutschmark levels.  The gatekeepers will start to look a little silly,
once people can just vault over the wall. 

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