A reader writes James Dobson about his group’s use of astro-turf, identikit letter-writing programs to lobby Congress on the Marriage "Protection" Amendment. It’s a beaut:
Why do "Christians" reserve the right to lie, cheat and steal when it suits their purposes, while turning around and decrying situational ethics and denial of truth?
I am referring to you and your organization’s organized plagiarism campaign. Focus on the Family, under your direction, is encouraging people to copy material from its website, assemble it into letters and submit the letters to the editors of various newspapers under their signature.
Webster’s Dictionary defines plagiarism as to "present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source." This is exactly what someone who copies material from your website, fashions it into a letter and submits it as their own work does.
When you tell people that what they’re doing isn’t plagiarism, you are lying. But then you‚Äôre a "Christian," and as such you believe that the rules apply to everyone but yourselves. How sadly typical.
Yeah and Dobson can bench-press a zillion pounds as well.
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