German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copying

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German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copying

Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:35 am

A good defence minster should at least have covered his tracks....? :smoke:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12608083

German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has stepped down after he was found to have copied large parts of his university doctorate.

Mr Guttenberg, considered until recently a possible candidate for chancellor, has already been stripped of his PhD.

He told a news conference he was resigning from all political offices.

More than 20,000 German academics wrote to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday complaining he was still in his job.

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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:37 am

Meh, Hitler copied off the Kaiser and nobody complained. :thinks:
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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by klr » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:40 am

"To steal from one is plagiarism, to steal from many is research" :levi:

BtW, his full name is (wait for it) ... Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg :laff:
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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by laklak » Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:55 pm

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BtW, his full name is (wait for it) ... Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg :laff:
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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by Hermit » Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:53 pm

klr wrote:BtW, his full name is (wait for it) ... Karl Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg :laff:
I knew it. A fucking Bavarian! They're all the same too. At the last election over 68% of the electorate voted for him. And of course he is a member of the CSU.

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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by JimC » Fri Mar 04, 2011 11:30 am

It is a great idea to sack the politicians that are dumb enough to get caught...

That way, we will improve their average IQ, and be ruled by those smart enough never to be caught...
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Re: German Defence Minster Resigns After Being Caught Copyin

Post by egbert » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:38 pm

WOW! Imagine -a POLITICIAN caught lying! When has that ever happened before? Aren't "politician" and "sociopathic liar" synonyms?
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