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Re: Discuss
#29697 01/05/04 10:11 PM
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I hate unattributed quotations.

"Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made." -- Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898)

"Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made." -- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)



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Re: Discuss
#29698 01/05/04 10:16 PM
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Then there's this one:

"Litigation: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage." - Ambrose Bierce

Re: Discuss
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Ahhh, proper citations from the source.
Lovely.


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#29700 01/05/04 10:37 PM
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Not so sure the writer would had to have ever heard those previous quotes before to come up with what he did. Though I agree, if he was aware of those quotes, and did indeed take from them, a little credit was due.

Re: Discuss
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Craig, I don't know. I mean, I understand that this professional journalist from Knight-Ridder was just trying to make a stylish point, but to say that he should not be responsible for knowing or citing the origin of the idea he used seems a little...thin.

I mean, what if somebody used a dead, horse head to illustrate a point in a movie nowadays? Would it be homage, campy, or plagarism? And would you believe that a professional film maker could have come up with that idea independently? In intellectual-property pursuits, the professionals involved are obligated to know and RESPECT their influences. After all, "a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself" (Robert Burton).

I guess the whole article just pushed my buttons - Wal-Mart, cheapo electronics, non-union workers, trade deficits, WTO, journalistic integrity, etc. Ick ick ick ick ick. What was that something-pants-itis you were talking about?


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Re: Discuss
#29702 01/07/04 06:57 PM
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"crankypantsitis"

It's definately going around lately!

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