How ethical are you

"It hurts the guilty writer; it hurts the victims of the fake; it hurts the newspaper that publishes it; it hurts journalism generally."

Plagarism, the theft of words, is a very unethical way of practicing journalism.  This quote stuck out to me in many ways.  First it points out how it not only hurts the writer that published the 'stolen' work, but it also states how this does not only effect the writer, but it also hurts the ones involved in the 'fake' part of the story.  Plagarism provides a bad name for everyone.  Even if you are just writing a paper for a class where only a teacher is going to see it.  First off it is an illegal act to steal someone elses words, but it is also a good way to get a 0 on the paper.  Its not fair to the actual writer, and it makes you look bad because it makes you look like you aren't good enough to do this work on your own.  Its an easy way out for anyone with 'writers block.'  I do not believe in plagarism at all.  I do agree with the quote in everyway.  I gives you and the publisher a bad name.  Some may wonder how this is such an awful thing, but we have to remember it is stealing, and that its breaking a law.  So just remember the next time you go to write a paper, or article, if you want to 'borrow' facts or some type of information from someone, be sure to give credit to that person to keep yourself out of any type of trouble.  It just makes everything a bit easier.