Shell B Wrote:Close enough for government work, but not for semantics. Race is a lot more than just where you are from.
But culture is not.
Quote:Neither do I. That does not change the fact that there are human only designations. I do not seek to be a conformist, but I am also not in the habit of bending definitions as it muddles straightforward conversation.
I am though, and I just love doing it
Quote:The dictionary, of course.
I have 3 dictionaries here that say different things
Quote:I have to disagree with yiou, but only because I own a great deal of copyrighted work and have been plagiarized. It not only pisses me off, but it has proven to me that plagiarism really is theft.
The moment you have shared a secret, it is no longer yours. Each idea in a brain is new and unique, even if it originally came from elsewhere. The only way to maintain an intellectual 'property' is to never say it, never hint that it is there, never allow others to think it.
And my understanding of theft stems from my understanding of ownership. The government cannot steal from you... as it owns all of that which you believe you posses. Only those who were too slow or weak to get away 'clean' are thieves, as they are attempting to take a thing which is clearly not theirs (as they have failed to defend it themselves).
Plagiarism is only dishonest if you say that you came up with the idea on your own... and it is never theft,, as you cannot steal ideas (each one being new, if a clone). I don't like people trying to take credit for other's work, but that is not a measure of thievery: it is one of honesty.
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
