Plagiarism: "Everything that's ever going to be said has been said before...

[immoderate]

...Not everybody has taken their turn to say it."

That's a line I've heard attributed to the great Mo Udall. It's what I think of when I hear the plagiarism arguments. Really original thought are hard to come by, and we should consider ourselves blessed if any come to this (or any) political campaign. That's really not what we're looking for. We need someone to play the right idea at the right time. 'Kay?

--IMM

[DemGa]

1. Maybe copying an entire campaign was accidental

Same lines, same affect, same chants, same message -- truly bizarre.

[islandmkl]

2. there is a certain theory that if you gave a monkey a typewriter...

or a computer...it would eventually write Shakespeare's "Hamlet" word-for-word...and there are those whose only comments would be that the monkey plagiarized the play...

[immoderate]

3. It's infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters...

and the complete works of Shakespeare results. The math doesn't work though. :)

--IMM

[LiberalFighter]

5. Yes. And how many times would the monkey have to try?

[iconoclastic cat]

4. Between the Tao, Shakespeare, and the Simpsons, everything worth saying

has already been said.

[LiberalFighter]

6. It is easier to say a few words or a sentence or two duplicating someone else.

If one uses whole paragraphs would be different.