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Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Why would we think plagiarism bothers the plagiarist?

Also, this is a forum, and we interact through "reading" each others' material. When you're quoting an article which isn't in the form of how you normally post, we can see that. No real Sherlock Holmesim, but just picking out where someone goes from posting like Jed Clampett to sounding like John Milton. Also you must state your sources. Biggest reason in my opinion is that you may quote an article out of context. If we quote our sources we are giving the chance for all to review the original article without bias of the one who quoted it.