I can’t send private messages so I hope that you don’t mind my making this post. It is true that I didn’t originally write that treatise about McDonaldland but I DID NOT PLAGERISE. I DID IT WITH THE FULL PERMISSION OF OWEN VAUGHAN. PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK:
I would NEVER knowingly plagerise an author’s work. Mr. Vaughan has asked me to share his articles on the net and I have done so in other places without consequence. This is the first place that I have shared the McDonalds article. I apologise for any misunderstanding that has occourred here. and with your permission, Skip Magic, With your permission, I would like to re-post the article and this time I will give full credit to Mr. Vaughan. He doesn’tmind where or how credit is given or not as when the books are done he will be plenty well known anyway.
This forum has different standards than others that I frequent and I am trying to familiarise my self with them. Once again, my apologies for any misunderstanding.
This is y’alls deal but a casual look suggests it was your opening, bolding mine…
“These are some of my thoughts on McDonaldland and how the whole image of Ronald McDonald and his crew are, in actuality, a mockery of Christianity, a vile perpetration, if you will.”
An assumption you were taking credit wasn’t entirely unreasonable?
Go ahead and re-post your thread as long as you give credit to the original author (as you mentioned you would), and be sure to post the thread in our Great Debates forum. True, your thread is ostensibly about a Cafe Society-ish subject, but what you’re really looking for is a debate, so GD is a better fit.
Also, all comments on mod actions should be confined to the Pit. Or, you could have e-mailed a mod this request; however, no biggie. You’ll know for the next time.
You’re correct, Ross, that our Message Boards are different from others. We’re moderated, to cut down on the amount of spam that other boards often get. And we are concerned about copyright violations because our sponsor is The Chicago READER: we don’t want anyone copying their/our material without permission, and therefore we don’t allow our posters to copy material from others.