To be honest, I have not really been following the whole CHC saga very closely. I have kept an eye on the things unfolding mainly for my own amusement but otherwise, I have not been chasing down blogs or reading much more than the Straits Times. Still, today’s quote in the ST made me react.
Ms Justina Choon, 43, said she was surprised to hear the news, but did not think it was an issue.
‘It’s just a lack of citation. He just has to add the citations in future,’ added the secretary who attended the service at the Expo.
The next time I need to submit an assignment and plagiarise something, this is the defence I will use. It’s brilliant.
So I did a quick google to see what this whole plagiarism thing was about and it seems that in some publication, the pastor more or less copied articles wholesale from elsewhere. And it seems that the publishers claimed an oversight. Clearly not much editing went into the book – probably because it was mostly copied I guess. Also, I’m not sure why I cannot find an apology from the pastor for this. Surely, he should be gracious enough to offer people an apology for his “oversight”.
Then again, what do I know about Christianity or religion?