People following the German defense minister plagiarism story might
find this post interesting:
http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2011/02/open-letter-to-chancellor.html
It's an English translation of a letter accusing the German chancellor
of trivialising plagiarism. Apparently it's been signed by over 20,
000 people. I can't read German, so am going on reports from other
people.
You can see some photos of the protest here -
http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article12658198/20-000-Forscher-werfen-Merkel-Verhoehnung-vor.html
- including an incredible [citation needed] one.
Alice
On 25 February 2011 20:31, Stephan Matthiesen
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Alan,
>
> Am 25.02.2011 20:15, schrieb Alan Rogerson:
>>
>> I sincerely hope the 1000s of German PhD students and many others who
>> are protesting will make it clear to the politicians that plagiarism and
>> lying need to be addresseed and punished.... watch this space as they
>> say. The power of the voice of the people is not only evident in Egypt,
>> Tunisia, and other places.... we hope nearer home too....
>
> Exactly ... this is the point I was trying to make.
>
> The interesting issue here is not that there was a case of plagiarism - such
> things happen, they need to be dealt with, and universities already take
> that seriously.
>
> The interesting thing is that the scientific scene in Germany, from Ph.D.
> students to national research funders, are crying out in public and demand
> that scientific integrity is upheld and that plagiarism cannot be excused.
>
> Isn't that a great message that so many scientists are standing up for
> integrity?
>
> Cheers
> Stephan
>
> --
> Stephan Matthiesen
> http://www.stephan-matthiesen.de
> Neu auf www.science-texts.de: Da ist der Wurm drin - Februarmuster
>
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