Are cut and pastes from websites "bad etiquette".
Is asking rhetorical questions "bad etiquette".
2006-10-09 07:03:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, cutting and pasting isn't "bad etiquette"... I mean, c'mon people, they give you an extra text box specifically for citing sources. You get to acknowledge that the words aren't your own and give credit where credit is due. That's not plagarism. That's a bibliography.
No, asking a rhetorical question is not "bad etiquette"... though I get the feeling that by "rhetorical" you mean "repetative" or "unoriginal".
2006-10-13 06:46:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think this question is appropriately categorized because it addresses specific issues rampant in this section.
I don't like it when someone uses wikkipedia to answer a qualitative question. We all know about wikkipedia, but we ask real people to get supplementary and (this is the most important point) subjective information.
If all a person has to offer, is cut and paste, they are irresponsible. Each person has a responsibility to voice their own perspective, based on their own experiences.
In religion & spirituality, there is no supreme truth. Everything is an interpretation. Everything is evolving.
It's poor etiquette to think otherwise.
2006-10-09 08:11:49 · answer #2 · answered by limendoz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cutting and pasting more than a paragraph or two is bad etiquette, especially if not properly attributed (cited). Cutting & pasting any amount without adding one's own words (ie: "I think this and this is what so-and-so says:
As rhetorical questions can be a useful learning and/or teaching device, no, they are not inherantly bad etiquette.
2006-10-09 07:07:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone can always explain something without some help. No one is perfect. I think referencing occasionally is ok when the source is footnoted and made available for others to look at.
Well, rhetorical questions are really for thought and have no real answer. It's not a bad thing to make one think and if someone wants to take a stab at answering one then more power to them.
2006-10-09 08:26:19 · answer #4 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad Etiquette would be a good name for a band.
2006-10-09 07:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cute and paste? I don't know, if a person is to do that they should just post the link, and not some long piece of writing which takes up precious space. Rhetorical questions are rude. They are not used to gain knowledge, but to incite a response. I hope I was helpful.
2006-10-09 07:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by pinacoladasundae 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I hate those really long, obviously cut and pasted answers that just ramble on and on. Yes, it is bad manners and poor etiquette to answer in such an impersonal and plageristic way.
2006-10-09 07:23:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cut and paste answers are appropriate if the question asker was dumb enough to ask a question that COULD be answered simply by cutting and pasting from a web page that could be found in just a few seconds with any old search engine (and it is not plagiarism if you clearly denote the quote and give the source).
Don't ask stupid questions, and you won't get stupid answers.
2006-10-09 07:10:50 · answer #8 · answered by Randy G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think continually asking the same basic question over and over and over again, in an attempt to harrass others is "bad etiquette"...but maybe that's just me.
2006-10-09 07:08:36 · answer #9 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Internet vs. manners.....hmmmmm
I like Bad Etiquette.....it's more fun! hehehehehe
2006-10-09 07:06:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋