Posted on 09/08/2023 11:52:24 AM PDT by george76
If Biden were a college professor (even a far left Democrat one) this would be a scandal. But he’s a Democrat politician, so no.
There are many things that are legal but are immoral, unfortunately. Abortion comes to mind.
BTT
Capone was convicted of just Income Tax Evasion. Not all the crimes he committed.
Plagiarism is unethical whether it’s illegal or not. As theft, it should be illegal, but I imagine it would be extremely hard to enforce and also it would be easily abused. However, in the case you cite from your law review days, when huge chunks are clearly lifted from other people, there should be some kind of censure, at a minimum.
Is it possible that different humans could come up with the same “one-liner” over the course of time. I imagine. But not big chunks. I remember driving by a graveyard on the way to church when I was a kid. It was a new graveyard and the had a chain fence around it. I came up with “why did they put a fence around the graveyard? ... people were dying to get in.”
I was like 9 or 10 years old, and had never heard that joke in my life. It was entirely on my own. But, it turns out it is pretty common. Some things aren’t as original as we might think.
But, I didn’t come up with the Gettysburg Address independently on the way to church. It would be impossible.
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