Living a lie, and being the lie.

                Writing is something powerful, powerful more than you could ever know, it has a wide spectrum, wider than you can imagine. Let’s put it this way, there’s a lot of things happening in the world of writing and then there’s us, not knowing that there are some issues that should be discussed. We are given the freedom to express ourselves, to draw, to write, to do anything as long as it is appropriate. The status quo has always been messed, problems fluctuates, crimes afloat. Plagiarism never dies.

 

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                “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart”

 –William Wordsworth.

Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. One does not really know the essence of originality if they plagiarize someone else’s work. Plagiarists, persons who stays up in their circle, caged up in their own minds; afraid to go outside the box. Is it because of fear? Fear that their work might not be good enough; so they can look for a prey that they can pounce on and steal their goods? Or maybe they’re just lazy enough so they go off and copy texts, files, or documents from the web and claim it, and then name it as their own. That is such a pathetic move. We have our own minds, use it appropriately.

                I can still remember the Creative Writing seminar I attended last year, the speaker said “It’s the 21^st century, and there’s no such thing as original anymore. The past geniuses have discovered mostly everything, so there is nothing left for us to discover.” In fact, that’s true. The chance of discovering something new is rare. But that’s not a legitimate reason to plagiarize a work. If you can’t discover something new; create something new. Simple as that.

I’m calling out the persons who plagiarize other’s works, please don’t do it, because it won’t do you anything good. Redeem yourselves, you are not who you are when you plagiarize someone else’s work. Knowing that social media has the power of anonymity, that doesn’t mean that you can take it for granted. Even if the community is not that witty, it doesn’t mean they are not smart enough. Thou shall not treat fellow humans as ignorant. Yes, plagiarizing may give you profit just like big companies and those big-tummied businessmen, and big-headed wealthy heads does; steal the work of the hard working laborers then claim it to gain such tremendous amount of wealth.

Plagiarizing is a crime and at the same time, a self-wrecking slap in the face. A proof that one’s work can be deceiving. In the end, your only companion is yourself; your works won’t be with you on the other side of life. Let this be a lesson for you, don’t make your life a lie, don’t be the lie.