JM> Bob Klahn -> John Massey wrote:
 JM>>> JIM HOLSONBACK -> EARL CROASMUN wrote:
 JH>>>> Hello, Earl.  We've been missing you here.

 JH>>>> Two questions - -

 JH>>>> 1. In the below post, while cleverly trying to hide behind
 BK>> something he
 JH>>>> claims Stan has said, Klahn accuses J. Massey of being
"guilty of
 JH>>>> plagiarism". Since the material at Boortz's
website is copyrighted, I
 JH>>>> believe that plagiarizing it could theoretically be found
 BK>> illegal.  Is
 JH>>>> Klahn's accusation in violation of Echo Rules?

 JM>>>>> WE HAVE TO GET THE TAXES RAISED ... AND FAST!

 JM>>> I guess where it came from is more important than the idea.

 JM> I was talking about the idea in the Boortz piece.

 That is not the concern in this thread.

 BK>>  Since you know that I dismissed the accusation against you in
 BK>>  the Debate echo, that is a contemptable deception on your part.

 JM> You dismissed the accusation, what a choice of words. You

 Sounds right to me.

 JM> expressed your ideas about how it was proper to attribute
 JM> something and that I should .

 I also told the person who complained that it was not
 significant enough to warrant any real interest, that he could
 find the author easily enough. Or just ask.

 You know you do this often enough they tend to run together.

 JM> But bottom line you said,
 JM> what I did wasn't against the rules and you were not going
 JM> to get involved. The last part of the above was a good
 JM> decision.

 Yep.

 BK>>  And the idea was stupid, and fraudulent, so the source is
 BK>>  important. So we don't attribute it to the wrong fool.

 BK>>  Ultimately the accusation is against Stan, so just chill out
 BK>>  while it works it's way out.

 JM> Ah,, Bob,  I got it. I saw the slam was against Stan. And I
 JM> saw you take something that I do and will continue to do
 JM> and use it as something to try and start something between
 JM> Stan and me.

 Nope. Not between Stan and you, and not start something. It's
 between Stan and me, and it's already started.

 JM> If Stan ever said any thing to me about why I
 JM> don't always attribute stuff, he would get the same answer
 JM> I gave you. "I have my reasons."

 I can't imagine why.

 JM> I have suggested that
 JM> people that get bent out of shape over the issue,  People
 JM> that don't seem to have any problem finding out who wrote
 JM> it BTW,   turn me in to the Boortz webmaster or the
 JM> Boortz's legal team.

 Why? Is it like I care?



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... Ashcroft put a cloth over Justice, Rumsfeld needed to blindfold Jesus.
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