Since Dr. Colaco did not respond to my points to a thread he started (very unlike him), let me pose the following (only 4) questions. Goanetters may want to ask him these questions in-person, when they get an opportunity. Dr. Colaco, can you defend writings / articles on TGF website from charges of plagiarism?
Are there references and / or web-links in articles on TGF; of which YOU are the owner? Who/ where are the original researched sources in YOUR OWN writings? What are you going to do about the plagiarized articles? Here is my direct address to Dr. Colaco: Previously while admitting your writings are plagiarized, you came up with FEW GREAT explanations. "Plagiarism does not apply to web articles". Goanetters laughed at your 'sodanchem' shift-the-goalpost excuse. Magir, you made-up that plagiarism only applies to writings registered with the US Library of Congress. And your website is not registered with the Library. Then there were a few more MADE-UP reasonings why it was OK for you to plagiarize. Your current post has a new theory. "It is all right to plagiarize. But do not get caught. Here is some software to help you." Or "if the article passes the new (or old) anti-plagiarism software, the writing is original." Santosh suggest that giving a reference / web-link makes it 'NOT plagiarism' and 'NOT copyright infringement';. This is laughable. He obviously does not understand the subject - just like his last topic of expertise. Now he blatantly and shamelessly plagiarizes an article about plagiarism. Saiba bogos! By pointing the finger at others you hold yourself to a high standard and sound intellectual. The reality is that you and others use the same writing techniques. Words (not yours) like "critical reading, understanding and study of the latest original papers " does not fool those who know. For some, that sounds pretty impressive. But one cannot fool ALL people for ALL the time. My jaw dropped to see Santosh's posts on cancer cure. Is that his MO? With your hypocrite standards and holier-than-thou attitude, you have tried to intimidate the supurlo goenkars. Yet, your 'pot-shot' writings on plagiarism OVER THE YEARS is like the recent very vocal anti-gay pastor who took a gay rent-boy on a European vacation to "handle his baggage". I am not making this story. See the link below. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/antigay-us-pastor-took-rent-boy-on-holiday-14793953.html Oops! Did I plagiarize the above, as I do not have permission of the newspaper? Remember your own writing in the original thread. Post any hate-mail to your own e-mail. Instead of Santosh and you subjecting other peoples' (especially good) writings to a software program to check if it is plagiarized, (typical of a Goan CRAB), why do you-two not do your own original writings and research; and share it with us? Back-up your rebuttals of the contents (of other people's writing) with your own fact-filled analysis of the issue supported by references. This would be a better approach instead of responding with some sly or boorish remarks and irrelevant haughty questions. Before writing, the two dotor-babs may want to carefully read and digest the ENTIRE Santosh post on plagiarism, and what you posted a few years ago; when we discovered that your writings fit the definition. After "reading, understanding and digesting" please use logical analysis. Clearly the veracity of your writings are going to be closely scrutinized. However your writings (as in the past) may not / will not be dignified with a response, if they continue to be bogus comments, crackpot statements or "last wordism". Some of us have real jobs. Your definition below about plagiarism is 'samke' like one of the definitions on "Cancer Cure". No one steals other people's ideas. One builds on them. That is called PROGRESS and EVOLUTION. Regards, GL --------- GL wrote Plagiarism also applies to using other peoples' work on the web and on one's web-site. Despite the software, plagiarism like pornography can be easily detected ... as we showed about immunizations for Goa or details about SFX in your writings. None of what you wrote was your own original research. Was It? Goan "authorities" on the topic may want to apply the plagiarism rules to themselves. Remember the famous phrase, "point a finger at someone, and three fingers are pointing back." So stop being a hypocrite. We have known your silly games all along. As far as hate-mail is concerned, a lot of this applies to you Dr. Colaco. Some, me included, have put you on notice to stop your crack-pot assertions; whether in jest or otherwise. ------------ J. Colaco wrote: Kidshealth.orgdefines Plagiarism is a form of cheating because it's stealing another person's ideas.
