Talk:Plagiarism/@comment-92.41.119.115-20110304040743

"For this to be a legitimate effort, we should take the average for similar plagiarism instances in all UK PhD theses, and compare this to Saif Al-Gaddafi's work. Failing such a comparison, this simply amounts to a witch-hunt."

Compare this to

"For the Libyan suppression to truly be evil, we should take the average for similar suppression in all other dictatorships, and compare this to Muammar Al-Gaddafi's suppression. Failing such a comparison, this simply amounts to a witch-hunt."

Not true. A transgression is a transgression. The breaking of rules is the breaking of rules. So the fact that Saif al-Islam has plagiarized is not in doubt, it is a truth by definition. And if you're trying to make a point that this frequently word-for-word copy is identical to the average case of British plagiarism, I would say you are making that up and happily invite you to prove that.