Comments on: HT accuse think tank of plagiarism http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/ Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Umm Yasmin http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-17655 Umm Yasmin Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:42:09 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/#comment-17655 You may be interested to read their follow-up report on Catch the Fire Ministries “<a>Responding to radical Christian ideology: the case of Catch the Fire Ministries in Australia</a>” ;o) You may be interested to read their follow-up report on Catch the Fire Ministries “Responding to radical Christian ideology: the case of Catch the Fire Ministries in Australia” ;o)

]]> By: E.Mariyani http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-17406 E.Mariyani Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:02:36 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/#comment-17406 Actually, this so-called analysis, "Responding to radical Islamist ideology," doesn't meet even the most basic standards of a first year undergraduate essay. Notice that there is not a single citation throughout the entire thing. If this piece of rubbish were submitted as an essay in one of my first year classes, the "author" (and I use that term loosely) would be given a mark of zero and advised to shape-up or go and look for a carpentry apprenticeship. But even leaving aside the mind-blowing laziness and dishonesty of not referencing a single line in the whole sorry deed (when almost every lne <i>required</i> one), there is the matter of the substance of the poor creature. Quite frankly, the kindest thing one can say about it is that it reads like a <i>Woman's Weekly</i> gossip column for tin-foil hat wannabe spooks. Nothing more and nothing less. Scratch that. Nothing more and perhaps something less. Actually, this so-called analysis, “Responding to radical Islamist ideology,” doesn’t meet even the most basic standards of a first year undergraduate essay. Notice that there is not a single citation throughout the entire thing. If this piece of rubbish were submitted as an essay in one of my first year classes, the “author” (and I use that term loosely) would be given a mark of zero and advised to shape-up or go and look for a carpentry apprenticeship.

But even leaving aside the mind-blowing laziness and dishonesty of not referencing a single line in the whole sorry deed (when almost every lne required one), there is the matter of the substance of the poor creature. Quite frankly, the kindest thing one can say about it is that it reads like a Woman’s Weekly gossip column for tin-foil hat wannabe spooks. Nothing more and nothing less. Scratch that. Nothing more and perhaps something less.

]]> By: E.Mariyani http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-17385 E.Mariyani Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:00:33 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/#comment-17385 The charge of plagiarism not really surprising. We all know that Islamist, Islamic Extremist, and Terrorism "experts" have been popping up <i>ex nihilo</i> like proverbial mushrooms in the forest for the last five years. Almost all of them are bereft of serious academic training, knowledge of their subjects, or the basic ethics required to produce an unbiased, objective study of, well, anything. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is merely yet another example of that intellectually and morally bankrupt, degenerate and frankly embarrassing fungal growth. The charge of plagiarism not really surprising. We all know that Islamist, Islamic Extremist, and Terrorism “experts” have been popping up ex nihilo like proverbial mushrooms in the forest for the last five years. Almost all of them are bereft of serious academic training, knowledge of their subjects, or the basic ethics required to produce an unbiased, objective study of, well, anything. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute is merely yet another example of that intellectually and morally bankrupt, degenerate and frankly embarrassing fungal growth.

]]> By: HRG http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/comment-page-1/#comment-17309 HRG Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:19:40 +0000 http://austrolabe.com/2007/04/01/ht-accuse-think-tank-of-plagiarism/#comment-17309 Yay! Our tax dollars hard at work funding academic hacks. Yay! Our tax dollars hard at work funding academic hacks.

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