The best response to a charge of plagiarism I've heard of in academia occurred at Otago University when I was studying there. The student, caught, said something along the lines of "Oh, I didn't think you would have read that article. You already know everything." As I understand it, the student meant it as a kind of compliment.

[muttering about standards at his alma mater -e]


The idiot also known as Capfka ...