Dr. Colaco, you were pretty constipated on this topic with your same-old comments. You think you are original with the same-old burst-of-wind. But it did not make you sound smart. Same remarks (self-plagiarism) may make you feel better, especially with your trademark hit-and-run attacks. Such tactics should be below your professional standards.
Let me remind you of your own original thread: "Post your hate-mail to yourself" To supurlo goenkars, like moi, I would say again, "take time to 'read, understand and digest' the information and topic that is written". That takes me two to three readings and then from multiple sources. Later, it is perfectly OK to summarize in your own words all your knowledge and findings. It is even better to modify that summary with your own perspectives and analysis. We do not get ahead by merely criticizing other people's work. Do not delude yourself with an attitude of being an expert with "critical reading, understanding and study of the latest original papers." No real scholar would think of making such a claim. As the know-it-all goanetters define it, doctors in their training, like all learners, rely on 'plagiarism' from textbooks. Dr. Colaco by his admission, copied the recommendations of immunizations for Goa in his website (advertising Goa); as well as in his writings on SFX, to name a few topics. Yet, he could not use his own writings / knowledge on SFX to fend-off the charges placed in an interview of another Goanetter. JC rather preferred to engage in name-calling - his usual MO (modus operandi). It is my understanding that in art-school the first few years, students spend in precisely and meticulously copying the works of the Master artists; thus learning techniques and imbibing their spirit. Painstakingly doing the work is a far cry from photo-copying, or plagiarizing and copyright violations like we see by a few on goanet, and increasingly on college campus. Only now, we have "Copy and Paste" students and others that want to progress the easy-way and over-night, to pump-out their chest. Some on Goanet have made this over-night specialization of any-and-all fields into an art-form. They are experts on a new topic in less than a week. This is what universities are rightly cracking down among their students. Yet, it is easy to spot those who plagiarize, which results in "egg on their face". I am amazed at some Goanetters, who do not understand what is written. Then by design further distort what they read. Then go on to make bogus claims, with no references to back up their remarks. They are self-acclaimed experts on the topic d'jour (topic of the day). Yet, we Goans are used to dealing with CRABS, genus IGNORAMUS. Thanks for allowing me to share this with you. With the weekend over, it is back to the weekly grind of work! Regards, GL
