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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I disagree Larson’s life or career would be ruined by apologizing. She doesn’t have to say she committed plagiarism. She can continue to argue, legally, that her use of the letter was fair use under copyright law because of her creative choices in the use. That’s actually a separate issue as to whether she did something morally/ethically wrong to Dorland by choosing to stay in the private group, lie about her intentions, and trash Dorland extensively to fellow writers. Also icing Dorkand out at professional events. Larson could admit all of that was wrong and hurtful and it would have no bearing on the question of whether she plagiarized.

But it would make her look like a human being who can admit her mistakes and has the confidence to apologize when she’s wrong. I think most writers would applaud her for this, congratulate her on her courage, and then throw in their own platitudes about professional bullying. And then move on.

I mean, I agree Larson will never apologize. But it’s not because doing so would wreck her professionally or socially. It’s because she has defined herself around the idea that what she did was okay and that Dawn deserved it. Larson is deeply insecure and she doesn’t want to admit certain things about herself. Apologizing is scary for her mentally. That’s all this is about - her fragile ego and need to believe that she was “making art” and not just writing a third rate story that grew out of being a nasty two-faced frienemy to someone who was never anything but kind to her.[/quote]

I think this is right.[/quote]

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