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Dave never said ichneumon plagerized. His comment was about copy and paste. His other comment about plagerism was seperate and didn't reference ichneumon at all; it was a seperate paragraph. What a stretch to make accusations like that about Dave. What can we say about libel in your case in accusing Dave of that?

Oh, dear: A Pepsi Challenge. Okay, metmom, I'll humor you:

1. no, DLR did not in fact say "ichneumon plagerized"
2. he did, however, say ichneumon plagIArized
3. that this can be proven by sentence deconstruction any competent fourth-grader should comprehend:
a)"that" in "There's been constant links posted to refute that interpretation" refers to the preceding sentence in the preceding paragraph - "That game of evolutionary connect-the-dots, that comical and oft-refuted diatribe of ill-conceived interpretation, that paper chain consisting of massive leaps of faith and logic over chasms of scientific impossibility?"
b)similarly, "the vast amounts of plagiarized material" in the terminal sentence quoted also refers to "that interpretation" and "That game of evolutionary connect-the-dots, that comical and oft-refuted diatribe of ill-conceived interpretation, that paper chain consisting of massive leaps of faith and logic over chasms of scientific impossibility"
c) DLR specifically singled out ichneumon as the promulgator of the above-cited "that"
d) therefore, it is inescapable that DLR's statement set does indeed accuse ichneumon of plagiarism.
e) moreover, DLR goes on to give a "summary" of ichneumon's "game of evolutionary connect-the-dots, that comical and oft-refuted diatribe of ill-conceived interpretation, that paper chain consisting of massive leaps of faith and logic over chasms of scientific impossibility"
f) which renders his accusation of plagiarism not "seperate" -as you put it- but the bridge and glue between his first paragraph and the remainder of his post.

I will here gently suggest that one who (despite having dictionary entries included as references in the post to which she responds) cannot spell "plagiarized" -nor separate, for that matter- and who mistakes a denotative analysis of a linear string of accusatory statements for "a stretch" should be very hesitant to engage in a semantic game of hide-the-potato with me.

...he did, however, say ichneumon plagiarized

To say is the key word here, and you've failed to demonstrate that he explicitly stated any such thing.

Personally, I think your argument of libel is ridiculous, and not worthy of bothering Jim Robinson repeatedly.

You're lucky I'm not a Moderator. I'd suspend you just for being a pain in the ass.