longweekend58 wrote on Jul 16^th, 2015 at 9:22pm:



ohh i understand all right ... you took some sentences out of the article, changed a few words and pretended they were yours

No, JS, Longy didn’t change anything. Those are cut and pasted paragraphs.

If I thought Longy could copy sentences into his own words, I’d give him a couple of marks for trying.

I shouldn’t be too mean. Longy’s posts where he swears to God it’s his writing are his own.

He’s that good.

The benefit to you, Longy, is that you will never have to try too hard to convince anyone again. No one will believe you. You can keep posting reflexive idiot posts and people will know that’s all you’re capable of. It’s the benefit an autistic child has - three meals a day, help going to the toilet, and no one pushes too hard. No one expects anything. A day without a tantrum is a good day.

Yes, you’re that good.

You won't do it again, Longy, and I won't accept. You've blown it, and you know it.

The thing is, you had such a good opportunity to engage in a subject you completely disagree with. It was a struggle for me to come up with an angle to sell a politician I consider a complete huckster, but I did it. I may even vote for him based on my own argument, so I managed to convince myself.

You, on the other hand, found a comfy subject, cut and pasted the words of others, and didn't even attempt to come up with a viewpoint beyond your rusted-on conservative position. I have no problem arguing for gay marriage from a conservative framework, but the purpose of the exercise was to extend yourself. It was to stretch your writing skills beyond your narrow comfort zone.

Not only could you not write something from scratch, not only could you not accept the topic suggested by others, and not only could you not fit your plagiarized words into one post, but you couldn't present an argument you disagree with. You've shown yourself to be incapable of these things. You simply can't do them.

The fact that you think you've "out-manipulated" us says it all. This was a writing challenge, not a dumb game. Forget persuasion, rhetoric and debate, you turned this into a manipulation exercise, as you always do.

Yes Longy, you're that good.

See Profile For Update wrote on Jul 17^th, 2015 at 10:33am:



That works on the false assumption, that marriage has been a static unchanging institution of society.

See Profile For Update wrote on Jul 17^th, 2015 at 10:37am:



Lol, just restating it doesnt make it true. The whole nuclear family thing is a recent invention. E.g in Victorian times and earlier, it was common to have a mistress whilst married ( you just couldnt let it get out).

Karnal wrote on Jul 17^th, 2015 at 10:31am:


and the tantrum is still going on!  Karnal, where you totally lost it was your arrogant (and unproven) statement that I didnt write the article. Do you realise just how petty that sounds when your only evidence for that is that it was good enough for Newsweek or Time (your words).  You have not even addressed the content of my article because you assumed it was plagiarised.  That made you look like a tanty child.  I am quite happy to have a writing challenge with anyone who is up to the standard which you clearly are not.  It isnt about your writing ability which is ok, but rather the attitude you bring to it which is extremely poor.

I write well. I write very well.  I am also very good at presenting arguments which is now rather obvious. So if you want to challenge me again then I am fine by it.  Just dont debase yourself by claiming it was plagiarised just because it was a professional standard.