Plagiarism

I do not know how any of the rest of you feel, but I will tell you how I feel about the subject of plagiarism.

First off, know that I am very opinionated. My veiws are very strong on some subjects.

Ok, I do not like to be lied to. That is my number one pet peeve. When you lie to me, it only lets me know that you think I am stupid and do not realize the truth. It is also insulting, because you think I am not worth the  truth. That hurts more than the lie.

If I have something, and you really WANT it or NEED it, please, please, ask me for it and I shall give it to you. DO NOT JUST TAKE IT. This is theft, and in a way, it is also a lie. It means you feel you can not ask me for what you want, even though you want it, and "pretend" to be my friend, or at the very least, an aquaintance. So, in my opinion, lies and theft are on the same parallel.

Plagiarism is a combination of both lying and theft. If someone steals the ideas and/or words, or the work of someone else, is this not theft? If someone says "Yes, this was MY idea", and that person is not being truthful about the idea being theirs, or if they know it was their idea along with someone else's idea, and not sharing the credit,  is this not a lie?

This is what plagiarism is all about. NOT SHARING THE CREDIT.

In my life, and all that I have been through, honesty and integrity mean more than anything. I would rather be dirt poor, with nothing to my name, than to be called a liar or a thief.

Kelly