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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
The policy at this university, maybe more than one (am remembering Livejournal discussions from a couple of years ago), was "absolutely no direct quotes whatsoever; everything must be paraphrased." Which was incredibly difficult on the media-arts film-and-television students. I'm told that discussing the social impact of Star Trek without being able to say "make it so" or "beam me up, scotty" was troublesome.
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Seriously? Why? I can't for the life of me imagine why you shouldn't be allowed to quote something in a book (if you want to react against it, or show whatever you're trying to argue by showing what someone said exactly..
Does your university still have a philosophy department, or was that scrapped along with that rule being instated?
