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Jayson Blair didn't plagiarize the work of his fellow New York Times reporters, or the Washington Post. He plagiarized a newspaper in San Antonio, figuring no one would know. Now that victim of Blair's plagiarism is fairly well-known, better known perhaps than she would have been had Blair not plagiarized her. But that doesn't justify Blair's wicked act. Get it?

That doesn't justify plagiarism. Most plagiarists are more famous than their sources. That's how they get away with it. You steal from Mozart, people say you stole from Mozart. You steal from Salieri, people applaud your genius. Who sues the big musical artists for plagiarism? Right, unknown artists and writers. I never would have heard of "The African" had Alex Haley not plagiarized portions of it in "Roots." Now I own a copy of The African, but I do not own a copy of Roots. Nonetheless, Haley was still wrong to commit the plagiarism.

It can be done in 4.

Culkin was in The Pagemaster with Ed Begley Jr. Begley was in Renaissance Man with Danny Devito Devito was in Mars Attacks with Sarah Jessica Parker Parker was in Miami Rhapsody with Mia Farrow. Whew. Another tough one: Matt Damon/John Wayne

Farrow to Culkin is a tough one. Trying...

But that was an all Trek cast. Try this on: William Shatner was in Miss Congeniality with Sandra Bullock Sandra Bullock was in While You Were Sleeping with Bill Pullman Bill Pullman was in Independence Day with Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum was in Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Leonard Nimoy. :) deleted... go with Karmicdebt's: Mia Farrow/Macauley Culkin [5]

Saying that he got his ideas from other sources is not plagiarism. GETTING his ideas from other sources is not plagiarism. LIFTING whole paragraphs and sections from other people's works and passing them off as if they were his own expression of those ideas is plagiarism. Remember RTHST, How Wierwille said he called certain people "Faith Blasters" because of so and so reason. Then we find that he lifted those exact words from Stiles. The Question AND the Answer. Yeah, he made some changes. But it was still plagiarism, plain as day. Take a look at Order My Steps in Thy Word. In one chapter, he's lifting Kenyon word for word, without attribution, then has the kindness of heart to actually cite Kenyon for another lengthy quote. The lengthy quote citation was not plagiarism, but what preceded it most certainly was. The Counsel of the Lord in the Blue Book? Compare it to some of the writings of Bullinger. It wasn't borrowed ideas. The majority of the structure of that chapter, and the words used, were taken straight from Bullinger. Not quoted, TAKEN. Leonard, Stiles, Bullinger, Kenyon... three of them were dead and unaware of Wierwille's plagiarism. The forth was aware and was upset enough to include a page condemning plagiarism in future printings of his books. Everyone gets their ideas from elsewhere. That's not what plagiarism is. Getting a doctrine from elsewhere is not plagiarism either. What Wierwille did - THAT was plagiarism, Smikeolean apologetics notwithstanding.

Paul and Fern were brave to go up against TWI and win. That's right, they WON. LCM was deposed as a result of their actions. Oldiesman, you've never been farther off the mark. They have more courage than many people I know, exposing their turmoil for the purpose of making TWI pay for the misery LCM caused them. You may not see courage there, but I do.

Why bother plagiarizing other people's works when you can claim to have invented the instruments?

Wow. You did that one in three! Well done! Richard Gere was in Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts Julia Roberts was in Hook with Robin Williams Connect Jack Lemmon/Deborah Kerr [4]

POSSESSING ID WEDS A TINY NOEL --- Answer: ????? Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas A SIGH BECKONS EVERY BELIEVER --- Answer: ???? O Come All Ye Faithful MANY ASPIRE ONE A GLEEFUL EVENT --- Answer: ???? We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Oh, K. :) Scream Scene One: A phone rings four times. Then a click... "You've reached the Becker residence. No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message at the sound of the tone. Thank you." Beeeeeeeep.

I love that movie.

Dabney Coleman 9 to 5 Lily Tomlin

Let's make it official: The Sound of Music. Next quote: "Newman, what are you doing?" "I'm thinking." "Well, think me up a cup of coffee and a chocolate doughnut with some of those little sprinkles on top, while you're thinking."

Ok, karmicdebt inspired this one. The way it works is, you name two actors. The next person links the two actors in six films or less, then provides the names of the next two actors. Choose carefully: don't want to pick two actors who've appeared in the same movie. :) If you'd like, you can add a "par" score, which is the number of lines it would take you to make the connection. Example: William Shatner/Kevin Bacon [4] Shatner was in Star Trek 7 with Malcolm McDowell McDowell was in Time After Time with Mary Steenburgen Steenburgen was in I Am Sam with Sean Penn Penn was in Mystic River with Kevin Bacon. Next: Sean Connery/Hayden Christensen [4] Forgot to add: you MAY use imdb and other Web sites. It won't be considered cheating.

The Lord of the Rings Act One, Scene I In the fires of Mount Doom Elrond: "Isildur! Cast the ring into the fire!" Isildur: "Okay!"

Here's the deal. Figure out a humorous way to make some of your favorite movies/plays as short as possible. Examples: Star Wars: A New Hope Act One, Scene II "An escape pod just launched. No life signs aboard." "Well, blow it up anyway. Better safe than sorry." ***** Waiting for Godot Act One, Scene I Enter Godot *****

We wouldn't want to trap you into that promise, moony. Sounds mean to me. But then, when you make a promise, you gotta face the music.

Whack!

I didn't know that THE and Greasespot were twins. Kinda makes sense when you think of it. :)

In fact, it has been disproven by the very standards of PFAL! But it didn't need to be, because Wierwille himself discredited this specific, ridiculous notion both within and outside the pages of PFAL. Wierwille denied it personally. Everyone who knew Wierwille denies it. Everyone who worked on the books denies it. And Allan, I'm sorry, but there is nothing correct in PFAL that cannot be learned from the Bible on its own, without PFAL.

What little I know... The first ex-way discussion board was, what, transchat? trancechat? Something likethat. It was a free for all. Then came the CES message board and, at roughly the same time, the Waydale message board. CES' board was strictly Christian; Waydale's was not. Many of the GSers were on Waydale, including Paw. If memory serves, he started Greasespot as a Christian board, then went more general when it was learned that Waydale was going to shut down. When Waydale did close, most folks signed up for Greasespot. And here we are. (The CES message board didn't last long. When it shut down, I started a thread to discuss it on Waydale, but something went wrong, some kind of glitch. We now know that glitch as THE).

George is correct.