I find this Wikipedia entry about plagiarism interesting: Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the “use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.” Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty [...]
The Color Of Doubt Is Gray
May 2, 2009 By 59 Comments
In writing about the Subic Rape Case, I have never claimed any special authority, training or competence to do so, being mainly a useless bum, and bow with obsequiousness and embarrassment to those who do. What follows is just a personal summary of my own thoughts on the case. Clearly non-required reading for the Wisest. [...]
Presumption of uninnocence
May 1, 2009 By 87 Comments
The image above is the interior of a Starex van where, according to the three-woman panel of a special division of the Court of Appeals, US Marine Daniel Smith and Nicole (a fictitious name for privacy protection) consummated their “unplanned, spontaneous romantic episode” having been “carried away by their passions and stirred up by the [...]
For The Record Lang
April 27, 2009 By 43 Comments
JUST IN CASE anyone is interested in reading the actual Court of Appeals Decision in the Subic Bay Rape Case, (instead of distorted summaries by newspaper columnists, radical activists and the inconsolable but rapidly shrinking lynch mobs), I have uploaded it in PDF format to the Internet Archive for safekeeping and historical purposes. The Accused-Appellant’s [...]
Consoling the Lynch Mob
April 25, 2009 By 82 Comments
The only real consuelo I can offer to the Lynch Mob is the news that the US Military may court martial Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, probably for causing so much trouble between two old allies and giving the Lynch Mob such a golden opportunity for propaganda.
Serving The Ends Of (In)Justice
April 24, 2009 By 23 Comments
So it has come to pass that an American Marine convicted of raping a Filipina has had the lower court’s adverse finding reversed.
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
March 31, 2009 By 22 Comments
Every journey has to start from somewhere. This could have began like many mornings at Figaro’s along Emerald Avenue. I’m at my favorite spot, by the window, right under the air conditioner, sipping my latte and eating a sandwich. Every morning, 32 oz of latte. Five years back, there was hardly any pedestrian walking at six thirty [...]
Revisit Anti-rape Law?
March 24, 2009 By 11 Comments
‘Nicole’ Revisited: Daniel Smith ‘The Victim’?
March 23, 2009 By 19 Comments
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