It's come to my attention that various people don't appreciate my posts alleging malfeasance against Questions Unlimited and Chip Beall. Addressing each crowd at a time: --To those who don't have any interest in the subject at all: Ignore the posts. This is the "quizbowl" club, not the "aspects of quizbowl that some one person cares about right now" club. There are plenty of threads here that, to me, are much less relevant than this, and I certainly don't show my "disinterest" by complaining to the authors of the posts or third parties, nor am I the least bit irked that a conversation is going on which doesn't interest me. --To those who believe these accusations should not be made in a public forum: At what point should problems be brought here? I think plagiarism rises to the highest level of qb-related misconduct, and raising the community's knowledge of it is the first proper response. As I've said before, if this isn't important enough to warrant discussion here, just what is? --To those concerned about language: I have refrained from cursing or ranting, although admittedly I have used some very strong other words in these posts. It should be obvious that I am angry about what has gone on. If my words rise to the level of the irrational or the needlessly personal, I will try to curb that, but again--at what point does an offense demand strong language, if this one does not? If you don't care about any of the above, the link to the next post is at the upper right. --M.W.
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