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Depends ............... I don't always agree with @d taylor .
Funny, you don't flood him with your YouTube videos, memes and quotes in an attempt to prove you are right and he is wrong. But you try to provoke us with them.
 
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Funny, you don't flood him with your YouTube videos, memes and quotes in an attempt to prove you are right and he is wrong. But you try to provoke us with them.

I don't have to @d taylor has probably seen most of them & nobody forces you into watching them.
 
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I don't have to @d taylor has probably seen most of them & nobody forces you into watching them.
What makes you think we haven't seen them? No, nobody forces us to watch them, but you keep posting them nonetheless.

It has been amply shown that some of us watch them and address the issues raised with clear and rational opposing points, which you then either dismiss without proper reason or just ignore and post another video/meme/quote.

You clearly don't have a grasp of the issues at all and all you're doing is provoking people who say the earth is a globe.
 
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I don't have to @d taylor has probably seen most of them & nobody forces you into watching them.
No, but some of us do, in an attempt to understand your arguments or reasoning.
The thing is that some of these YouTube clips have contradicted your beliefs, or disproved what you were trying to say; which has raised the question, "Do YOU watch them?" You've even had to write, "Ooops", or "my mistake" afterwards.
 
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You clearly don't have a grasp of the issues at all and all you're doing is provoking people who say the earth is a globe.

No I do not provoke, it's up to you if you wish otherwise.
 
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No I don't, so there, I :persevere:
Yes you do. You even apologised for your provoking actions on another thread by saying that you will try to curb them:

"Sorry - I'll try and curb them."


"I think an apology was needed as I did try to argue the fact plus I promised @prodromos that I wouldn't provoke anymore."

 
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Yes you do. You even apologised for your provoking actions on another thread by saying that you will try to curb them:

"Sorry - I'll try and curb them."


"I think an apology was needed as I did try to argue the fact plus I promised @prodromos that I wouldn't provoke anymore."


Provoking hey ? So why do you follow up ? Hmm ..............
 
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You’ve been caught out, so now you try to put the blame on me!

Where do you think you are, back at school ? 'But miss it was his fault.' ^_^
 
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No, but you obviously think so. Caught outright by your own words and then trying to distract from your deception.

What makes you think this ?
 
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It matters because it’s called plagiarism & you can be legally sued for it.

Then we are all guilty of plagiarism at one time or another.

No, you can’t plagiarize the Bible by quoting it. So long as it’s the KJV. That’s in the public domain. If you use a modern translation, you do need to cite it.

 
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Then we are all guilty of plagiarism at one time or another.

No, you can’t plagiarize the Bible by quoting it. So long as it’s the KJV. That’s in the public domain. If you use a modern translation, you do need to cite it.

I would suggest that when we quote the bible on these forums, it's always a good idea to include which translation it is from, even if the translation in question is the AV/KJV or another one in the public domain. It is helpful to other forum members.
 
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Then we are all guilty of plagiarism at one time or another.

No, you can’t plagiarize the Bible by quoting it. So long as it’s the KJV. That’s in the public domain. If you use a modern translation, you do need to cite it.

No, plagiarism is to use someone else’s writing without acknowledgement of the source and giving the impression that they are your own words.

Quoting someone else’s words and then referencing the source to show where they came from is not plagiarism,
 
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Quoting someone else’s words and then referencing the source to show where they came from is not plagiarism,

Sorry but it is & we are all guilty of it one way or another.
 
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Sorry but it is & we are all guilty of it one way or another.
Nope, I haven’t used someone else’s writing as my own. I always put a quote in quotation marks and reference where I sourced those words from. I never try to pass off someone else’s words as my own.

You may be mixing up plagiarism with copyright infringement, which is publishing someone else’s work without the author's permission. However most copyright laws allow for small quotes as long as the source is acknowledged.


 
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Nope, I haven’t used someone else’s writing as my own. I always put a quote in quotation marks and reference where I sourced those words from. I never try to pass off someone else’s words as my own.

You may be mixing up plagiarism with copyright infringement, which is publishing someone else’s work without the author's permission. However most copyright laws allow for small quotes as long as the source is acknowledged.



Sorry, but according to Quora we have all plagiarized at one time or another.
 
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Sorry, but according to Quora we have all plagiarized at one time or another.
I gave you the dictionary definition of plagiarism. Read it and try to understand it.

And if you can find anywhere where I have plagiarised another person's words, then I will correct it. But I always make a point that if I quote anybody, I make it obvious that it is a quotation and reference the source from where I'm quoting, which ensures that I do not plagiarise.

Other than that you're just being argumentative.
 
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