Hello Gunnar, It wasn't just the threats of violence. I am one of the thousands of academicians and students who signed the petition to withdraw that article (peacefully) as the content of the said *academic article* was highly problematic and offensive to many. Regards, Deepa Butoliya On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 9:59 AM Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I’m not sure that we need to worry about plagiarism. Since threats of > violence can now get an academic paper withdrawn by a major publisher (see > http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436597.2017.1369037 ), I’m > sure that a "serious and credible" threat should also work to pass a class, > get a degree, or get published. > > > Gunnar > > Gunnar Swanson > East Carolina University > graphic design program > > http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/graphic/index.cfm > [log in to unmask] > > Gunnar Swanson Design Office > 1901 East 6th Street > Greenville NC 27858 > USA > > http://www.gunnarswanson.com > [log in to unmask] > +1 252 258-7006 > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------