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Post by Emily R. on Sept 11, 2014 22:36:16 GMT
Before I completely bash Mrs.Cassie Edwards for her obvious use of plagiarism, I would like to applaud her creativity. She was able to steal the words from a scientific article about black-footed ferrets and add them to her sex-novel describing the affairs between a pioneer woman and a Native American man. That took talent. However, she did not have the talent to cite her sources or make her plagiarism any subtler. Because of this, she was called out on her literal crime and shunned. Yet, Mr.Tolme still offered sympathy to her. He was able to forgive her. I respect him for doing so. I doubt I could do the same. I also respect his nonchalant promotion of ferrets. To conclude the article, he mentioned the endangerment of the black-footed ferret. Like a true animal-lover, he drew our attention to the ferrets by explaining their small population and lack of sanctuary. I could hear Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" while reading the last few paragraphs. I would give that man an award, but I don't have any. Regardless, I'm impressed by all individuals involved in this situation. Even Mr. Edwards impressed me with his amount of loyalty to his wife. Well, I must say I'm disappointed that Mrs. Edwards did not seem to come out with a sequel. I was so looking forward to more ferrets and tee-pees.
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Post by Bresa Arias on Sept 14, 2014 23:58:45 GMT
I agree, Tolme's attitude towards the situation was commendable. Also, I was very glad that he stayed true to his original point of writing about the poor black-footed ferrets. Your comment about hearing Sarah McLachlan is very suiting and I love that you had the thought, Emily. And I'm really sorry to hear about your disappointment, maybe watching some Animal Planet will make you forget about it. I was just watching this episode of Too Cute, there was this ferret, and the way it frolicked around the baby dogs would make anyone smile.
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Post by Joey R. on Sept 15, 2014 1:30:05 GMT
I feel the same way about your response. The way Edwards took Tolme's phrases from his scientific studies was very strange. I wonder how and why someone would put information about ferrets into a romantic novel. The oddest of all was how the two characters talked in such strange dialog. They randomly talk so deeply about ferrets in a scientific manner. On the subject of the ferrets, though, I feel bad for the tough times they have now and for more to come.
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Post by Rebecca McClish on Sept 15, 2014 4:06:00 GMT
I too agree with your statements. The creativeness, though crude and an obvious disregard to being subtle was highly amusing and seemingly worthy of applause. The fact that Tolme incorporated his findings on the ferrets into the article was wonderful as well. It gave us the information on the little animals, in addition to informing us of the plagiarism. I enjoyed your point of view on the matter.
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