Perfect Balance
Perfect Balance
Politicians plagiarise. Most of the time, this plagiarism is allowed to slide by and never comes to anything besides a few unhappy people and a couple complaints. Recently, Montana Senator John Walsh was found to have committed plagiarism and he used three excuses before saying, “I made a mistake here and I’m going to move on” (Osnos, “Why Politicians Plagiarize”). Politicians tend to plagiarise because the consequences are so inconsequential that they add up to barely more than nothing. The forgiveness rate is so high that politicians are almost untouchable when it comes to plagiarizing. This raises the question; why does plagiarism still occur when we have the software to prevent it? For that there is no answer. Still, …show more content…
Voters can be prudent by checking to see if the candidate has plagiarised on more than one occasion. If the candidate has, the voter may then make a judgement call as to whether the plagiarism was intentional or not. The voter can then decide if reconsidering the particular candidate is reasonable. Whereas candidates are prone to have little to no consequences when they plagiarise, the college student’s plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional, will be noticed and acted upon. Still, the candidate and the college student are similar because of how they are treated. Both the voter and the professor are going to be prudent in how they handle the particular situation. Plagiarism among politicians is often allowed to occur without consequences. College students however, cannot get away with plagiarism as easily. They should be given a chance to redeem themselves by eliminating the plagiarism in their work or citing something that they missed. In politics, plagiarism is more understandable because of on the spot speeches where quoting something could get a politician criticized heavily for their mistake. This makes politicians almost invulnerable when plagiarism is involved. The perfect balance of giving a good speech and not plagiarising needs to be met for a happy speaker and a happy
Politicians plagiarise. Most of the time, this plagiarism is allowed to slide by and never comes to anything besides a few unhappy people and a couple complaints. Recently, Montana Senator John Walsh was found to have committed plagiarism and he used three excuses before saying, “I made a mistake here and I’m going to move on” (Osnos, “Why Politicians Plagiarize”). Politicians tend to plagiarise because the consequences are so inconsequential that they add up to barely more than nothing. The forgiveness rate is so high that politicians are almost untouchable when it comes to plagiarizing. This raises the question; why does plagiarism still occur when we have the software to prevent it? For that there is no answer. Still, …show more content…
Voters can be prudent by checking to see if the candidate has plagiarised on more than one occasion. If the candidate has, the voter may then make a judgement call as to whether the plagiarism was intentional or not. The voter can then decide if reconsidering the particular candidate is reasonable. Whereas candidates are prone to have little to no consequences when they plagiarise, the college student’s plagiarism, whether intentional or unintentional, will be noticed and acted upon. Still, the candidate and the college student are similar because of how they are treated. Both the voter and the professor are going to be prudent in how they handle the particular situation. Plagiarism among politicians is often allowed to occur without consequences. College students however, cannot get away with plagiarism as easily. They should be given a chance to redeem themselves by eliminating the plagiarism in their work or citing something that they missed. In politics, plagiarism is more understandable because of on the spot speeches where quoting something could get a politician criticized heavily for their mistake. This makes politicians almost invulnerable when plagiarism is involved. The perfect balance of giving a good speech and not plagiarising needs to be met for a happy speaker and a happy