Thursday, February 27, 2003 :::
That reminds me, actually, of a thought I've had before.
I don't know what legally constitutes plagiarism of a quip (I assume if it isn't too long, it's "fair use"), but my moral distinction between that and a reference to the origin of said quip is that a reference is something you hope people will recognize, while plagiarism constitutes something you hope they won't.
Sometimes this gets a little fuzzy -- I ended my last post, if I remembered it correctly, with a Dave Barry reference. I don't actually expect you to get the reference, and I haven't actually had four beers (though I did have two glasses of wine and two beers -- no kidding), but if I were forced to issue a preference, it would still be for you noticing rather than against you noticing. So I'm comfortable. And pretty light-headed, actually.
::: posted by Steven at 11:35 PM
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