Who's faulting Gilbert Arenas?

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Maybe this belongs on MCBias's Blogging Laws , but Gilbert Arenas's little thievery last week bothered me quite a bit. Arenas's hoisting of Ian Edwards's intellectual property was wrong, plain and simple. He should not get a "pass" because he is a "blogger". People love Gilbert Arenas because he is, in the words of Henry Abbott of ESPN's TrueHoop, " real and genuine ". Yes, he is a great ... [link]

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  • matt matt
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    This is dead on. I think most people gave Gil a pass, though, because they don't view him as an actual blogger.
    Posted 8/6/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • RedBaron RedBaron
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    Carlos Mencia sees nothing wrong with this.
    Posted 8/6/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Blogdome: Hey, Wait A Second, Gilbert
Published 8/6/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • Maybe Gilbert Arenas deserves a little more criticism for stealing that shark joke. [The Serious Tip] ...

Monday Bullets
Published 8/6/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Gilbert Arenas did a bad thing when he stole that joke. I totally believe that. His explanation was lame. But it was a small bad thing, that he quickly made better by acknowledging that he had stolen it. I'm over it, but not everyone is. ...

High Five
Published 8/6/2007 by Fornelli at Foul Balls
... ] Gilbert Arenas should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. Which, I think is like a $20 fine or something. [ The Serious Tip ] LaDainian Tomlinson is embarrassing the Bears. [ ...

BLOGGAS BE TYPIN
Published 8/6/2007 by HG at YOU BEEN BLINDED
... Gilbert Arenas bites jokes, blames Diddy. Courtesy of The Serious Tip ...

Link Dump
Published 8/6/2007 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
... Jordi of The Serious Tip had this great post about Gilbert Arenas the blogger, and how he hasn't been subjected to as much criticism for his blatant (and unapologetic) theft of intellectual material.  Odd, especially since, as Jordi points out, you would think this would this would be a sensitive topic for bloggers. ...

Links!
Published 8/10/2007 by JakeTheSnake at Gilbertology
... and The Serious Tip offer their two cents on the Gilbert’s joke stealing. ...

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