Disclaimer: February 2005

Come to think of it, plagiarists must be some very unoriginal people.

I know, I know - big surprise. They steal other people's works, after all. But then, their methods in doing so tend to be the same throughout. Every plagiarist follows the same relatively simple progrom of cut-and-paste.

After all, if you're creative enough to produce new, innovative methods of plagiarism, you wouldn't be plagiarizing in the first place. If you're studious enough to break the security barriers that others have placed on their own works, then you wouldn't be plagiarizing in the first place, either. And if you're perhaps dedicated enough to customize pieces of stolen work to your own style, then chances are high that you wouldn't be plagiarizing in the first place, too.

Remember the villains in the old Scooby-Doo episodes? Remember that, inevitably, the scary ghost/monster/werewolf/vampire/gorilla/evil fish-man would always turn out to be an ordinary character acquainted with Scooby and the gang, only bent on scaring off meddling kids like them in favor of some criminal operation? Plagiarists are like that - no innovation beyond the names and the faces involved. Writers know who they are, and how they work.

Sean testifies that the content of this weblog is entirely original, with the exception of those bits that have been rightfully attributed to the correct sources. Those seeking to steal this content for their own purposes in any method, shape or form will eventually find themselves stalked and investigated by a gang of meddling kids who won't really do much, to be honest, because they're just there for the effect. But they'll be monitored closely by the many writers on the web, and frankly, there are worse fates known to man.

In other words, steal my stuff without my consent, and you get to be discovered in some weird gorilla suit painted luminiscent blue. With highlights.

Rooby-Rooby Roo!