A few days ago Malcolm Gladwell wondered what all the fuss was about concerning this Harvard student committing plagiarism. His closing comment was classic: “Calling this plagiarism is the equivalent of crying ‘copy’ in a crowded Kinkos.”

Today he responds to criticism of that post, and defends himself (ever so gently) by coming up with a great point, this one equally quotable: “That’s what a cliche is: its what we call plagiarism the sixth or seventh time around.”

I recommend reading both posts. Actually, I recommend reading all Gladwell’s posts.

.:.

[tags]malcolm gladwell, kaavya viswanathan, plagiarism[/tags]