tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361462774485573650.post5202782660449509883..comments2023-04-03T13:17:16.430+01:00Comments on TEA, CAKE, AND SANDWICHES: Citing your sourcesKatharinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06786694199786309060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361462774485573650.post-56985629253039381812012-07-01T20:24:52.225+01:002012-07-01T20:24:52.225+01:00Sad but so true...I'm hoping that one day it w...Sad but so true...I'm hoping that one day it won't matter whether that sentence contains the words 'mother' or 'father'...Katharinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786694199786309060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5361462774485573650.post-3963713691769521502012-07-01T19:59:26.550+01:002012-07-01T19:59:26.550+01:00I completely agree with you. Unfortunately, this &...I completely agree with you. Unfortunately, this "whatever"-approach to citing your sources is very common in public opinion - as you could see in the debate about certain German politicians who copied and pasted their PhD thesis and, when caught, said things like "As a politician and young father, I just didn't have time to doublecheck my quotes". And many people were like "He was so busy and what's the big deal with copy and paste anyway? He's such an honest (!!!) guy, this should not destroy his career". <br />(I'm sure that if the same excuse had the word "mother" instead of "father" in it, the predominant comment had been "If she's overwhelmed so easily, she shouldn't be in politics". But that's another story.)Sonjanoreply@blogger.com