Raf

I keep seeing this ridiculous notion that acknowledging a teaching is "not original" absolves one of plagiarism. Plagiarism is NOT the restatement of someone else's ideas, or everyone would be a plagiarist. Plagiarism is taking what someone else wrote, maybe tinkering with a few words here or there, at most, and then passing it off as if you wrote it. Wierwille did this plenty of times. Sometimes he did it on the sentence level, sometimes the paragraph level, and sometimes on the chapter level. He did it in the structure of the first PFAL class, evidently. The "originality" of his work is a distinct issue, and I agree with Oakspear in that he made contradictory statements on the matter. You can't get around the fact that he claimed to throw all these other works away and use the Bible as his textbook. He did nothing of the kind. He had plenty of other texts. He acknowledged some of them, derided others, and flat out lied about still others.

That is NOT a confession. It is a poor excuse for a confession. Once again, there is a big difference between "lots of stuff I teach is not original" and swiping the specific language and paragraphs of other writers without attribution. NONE of the stuff I teach is original. I come to conclusions based on what I read and what I deduce. But I do not plagiarize. Haven't done it since a really bad third grade book report. I daresay none of what you teach is original either. But I don't suspect you are a plagiarist. I hope you see the difference. This attempted exoneration of VPW based on the flimsiest of evidence is frustrating. I'm much happier when people just say "so what?"

He included a few of the books he "learned" from. But he excluded many others. It's like having a serial burglar confess to two robberies when he committed 50. Fine, give him credit for acknowledging the two. But there are 48 more that he never confessed to.

Cate is in The Aviator with DiCaprio DiCaprio is in Man in the Iron Mask with Malkovich Malkovich is in Hitchhiker's Guide with Warwick Davis Davis is in Ray with Jamie Foxx. Britney Spears/George Burns Par is 5, although I'm pretty sure it can be done in 4.

I got a rock.

Bogey was in The Harder they Fall with Rod Steiger Steiger was in The Hurricane with Liev Schreiber Schreiber was in Scream with Drew Barrymore Al Pacino/Carol Burnett Don't know the par. I looked it up. Par is 3.

Excellent! Sharon, the object is to cut the plot off before it starts, not just to summarize it. Example: West Side Story Tony and Maria meet at the dance. Tony: "Spic." Maria: "Wop." Sleepless in Seattle Meg Ryan sits in a car changing stations. "I hate talk radio. Wonder if the Flap Jackson show is playing any Pearl Jam." 24 Season One Jack: "Nina, can you take that meeting? I really need to get some sleep."

What's par on Humphrey Bogart/Drew Barryomore?

Indeed

My next one will have to wait until the morning. If someone else wants to jump in, feel free.

Woohoo! I may have done this one already, but what the heck, we're on page 74 already. :) "I pay for your life. My life makes your life possible.' "I resent that." "So do I!"

Independence Day

That does help. Actually, it makes it simple, even not knowing off the top of my head who the last pic is of. Pirates of the Caribbean

The Burning Bed is in. "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is out, since only seven people saw it.

Let's try movies only. TV if you're totally totally stumped. Only major TV events count as movies (Roots, yes: Lifetime movie of the week that aired once in 1997, no).

cool!

Okay.

Jimmy Stewart was in The Shootist with Harry Morgan Harry Morgan was in Dragnet with Dan Aykroyd Let's have some fun. Alan Alda/Tupac Shakur [3] By the way, this should go without saying, but you MUST connect in six links or less. You don't have to make or beat the par score.

Antonio Banderas/Shirley Jones

When were Brando and DeNiro together? Godfather doesn't count because they were in different movies. Oh well. Orson Welles was in the Muppet Movie with Mel Brooks Brooks was in Spaceballs with Bill Pullman Pullman was in A League of Their Own with Madonna

Whoops. didn't see Pirate's post.

Well done. Mine was Marilyn in How to Marry a Millionaire with Lauren Bacall, Bacall in Dogville with James Caan, Caan in Leaving Las Vegas with Nic Cage. Sharon, pick two actors.

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Cool. I went Damon to Don Cheadle (Ocean's 11); Cheadle to Warren Beatty (Bulworth); Beatty to Hepburn (Love Affair) and Hepburn to Rooster Cogburn. :) Hmm, Monroe and Cage... Hmmm.... What's the par? Actually, that should be kinda easy. If I get it, I'll let you know my score. But I want to let others play.