Re: Dem. Montana Senator claims he had PTSD when he plagiarized paper
For the life of me (maybe Staci can answer this)....I cannot figure out how in the world PTSD can cause you to plagiarize something and pass it off as your own. I can understand A LOT of things it could make you do - avoid Fourth of July fireworks because it reminds you of bombs going off, dive under the table when you here a siren, even attack someone who reminds you of someone who tortured you.
All of that - whatever we want to do to address it - I can understand THOSE things and a lot of others. But how in the world can this make you pass off something without attribution. I guess - and this is just a hunch - I guess he's going to try and argue that he "got sloppy" that he "forgot to put the quotes in" because "I was tired" and "suffering from PTSD."
But maybe I should counter with this notion: if he actually DOES have PTSD THIS SEVERE then for the good of the nation he needs to get out of the race. What if he wins and gets put on the Intelligence or Defense Committees? John Tower was turned down as Defense Secretary, primarily because the Democrats wanted to get even with Bush for winning but ALSO because he was seen as a risk to national security because of his drinking and womanizing. (It is indeed a delicious irony to me that this led to the ascendancy of Dick Cheney to Defense Secretary - all because some pols wanted to get even with the guy who beat them).
If he has this that badly, he needs to quit. Guess what? I'm sure they've already got a shrink hired to say, "He had it back then but he's cured now!!!"
For the life of me (maybe Staci can answer this)....I cannot figure out how in the world PTSD can cause you to plagiarize something and pass it off as your own. I can understand A LOT of things it could make you do - avoid Fourth of July fireworks because it reminds you of bombs going off, dive under the table when you here a siren, even attack someone who reminds you of someone who tortured you.
All of that - whatever we want to do to address it - I can understand THOSE things and a lot of others. But how in the world can this make you pass off something without attribution. I guess - and this is just a hunch - I guess he's going to try and argue that he "got sloppy" that he "forgot to put the quotes in" because "I was tired" and "suffering from PTSD."
But maybe I should counter with this notion: if he actually DOES have PTSD THIS SEVERE then for the good of the nation he needs to get out of the race. What if he wins and gets put on the Intelligence or Defense Committees? John Tower was turned down as Defense Secretary, primarily because the Democrats wanted to get even with Bush for winning but ALSO because he was seen as a risk to national security because of his drinking and womanizing. (It is indeed a delicious irony to me that this led to the ascendancy of Dick Cheney to Defense Secretary - all because some pols wanted to get even with the guy who beat them).
If he has this that badly, he needs to quit. Guess what? I'm sure they've already got a shrink hired to say, "He had it back then but he's cured now!!!"
