OK. I didn’t consider this small humoristic change paraphrasing but I understand that it is not acceptable. How do I fix it? Retract the post? Edit the post? (with a note of the proposed reading) Reposting without the change here?
I wouldn’t worry about it at this point… Maybe next time you quote, do it verbatim, then suggest that a paraphrased quote might be more relevant yet still in the spirit of the original.
The book the fake quote is from is apparently http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Rights-Human-Obligations-Edition/dp/0130368644.
Downvoted for paraphrasing.
I didn’t know that that was discouraged. Thanks for the helpful comment and the link!
It’s a quote thread. Paraphrasing would be totally fine in the open thread.
OK. I didn’t consider this small humoristic change paraphrasing but I understand that it is not acceptable. How do I fix it? Retract the post? Edit the post? (with a note of the proposed reading) Reposting without the change here?
I think a little bit of paraphrasing might be OK provided it’s indicated as such (by square brackets).
I wouldn’t worry about it at this point… Maybe next time you quote, do it verbatim, then suggest that a paraphrased quote might be more relevant yet still in the spirit of the original.