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In Argentina, Law Against Plagiarism Plagiarized

Posted by kdawson on from the send-yourself-to-jail dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Argentinian politician who introduced a law to send plagiarists to jail for three to eight years appears to have plagiarized the explanation of his bill directly from Wikipedia. The bulk of his explanation is three paragraphs that are taken, verbatim, from Wikipedia, without acknowledgment."

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  1. While they were at it.... by AarghVark · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should have done a Wikipedia search on the definition of irony.

    1. Re:While they were at it.... by roman_mir · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't it ironic, that a guy who accuses another guy of not understanding irony himself does not understand it? Don't you think?

      Also here is what's not ironic: a reply from someone who is pointing this obvious ironic situation out. Isn't that pedantic?

      However then this someone making fun of himself for himself being pedantic, is that recursive or redundant?

      Guess what this comment is not but do not assign it what it is.

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  2. Re:Do as I say don't do as I do by SterlingSylver · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Do as I say don't do as I do, some politicians outside of Argentina also have that attitude ;-)"
    -SterlingSylver, May 2010

  3. Unit Testing by waitwonder · · Score: 4, Funny

    It is a well written bill with unit tests included.

  4. LOL by Beelzebud · · Score: 1, Funny

    You just can't make shit like this up!

  5. Once upon a time... by vrmlguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    While I was in seventh grade, I missed a week of school due to an illness. My first day back in English class, we were told spend the hour writing an essay about the evils of plagiarism. In retrospect, it's obvious what happened in my absence, but at the time I didn't know what the word meant, just that it was bad. So, I wrote an essay on the evils of communism, substituting the word plagiarism throughout. Yes, I discussed the possibility of godless plagiarists taking over the country and forcing a plagiarist regime upon the American people. I don't think we got a grade for it, but the teacher thought it was pretty hilarious.

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    1. Re:Once upon a time... by ae1294 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wrote an essay on the evils of communism, substituting the word plagiarism throughout

      So how many terms did you serve as class president?

    2. Re:Once upon a time... by guyminuslife · · Score: 2, Funny

      Class president? I was wondering which Senate seat he was elected to.

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  6. New word by identity0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I propose a new word to describe this - wikiflagarism, the flagrant plagarism of wikipedia.

    It is an portmanteau of a malapropism with a neologism, or a Malamanteau.

  7. Re:Do as I say don't do as I do by ogl_codemonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Marijuana is harmless? Are you high?

  8. Re:Do as I say don't do as I do by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    That marijuana is harmless or that you are high? ;)

    Either would be an entertaining exercise.

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