Plagiarism, a very sophisticated word given to the cut, copy, paste phenomenon. Earlier, even plagiarism needed effort as we had to write. But with the advent of computers, its gotten much easier. All we do is select, cut, copy and paste! Hey but what triggered me to post my views on plagiarism??? It was a mail which said everybody to stop sending blog posts that were copied from elsewhere!!! I guess it was the need of the hour.
Hey, but that brings us to the all elusive question, weather to be a hard working blogger or a smart blogger....obviously many of us take fast track...but does it pay off? I do not think so! A smart blogger always thinks the person on the other end is dumber than him....which is a good thing if the other person actually is dumb, which is not the case very often.
When it comes to staling an original article, i am reminded of one of my school teachers. We were reading the Daffodils by Wordsworth and the chap reading it misread one of the lines. The teacher promptly stopped him and said, "poor Wordsworth would have put in so much labour pains in creating this masterpiece and you are trying to modify it!" The incident shows us that a few things are always better off in their original form. No amount of change can bring in the charm of an original.
A Blog is a diary where you pen your thoughts....at least don't copy others' thoughts!!!
