Mr. Wilson assures his readers that the CREC Review Committee intends to deliver the kind of justice that he and Mr. Booth advocated in their phony book. The irony, I am sure, is lost on him.
Taking responsibility in either sense needs to result in something concrete, and in my case it means that I will not be co-authoring any books like this anymore. I will not be putting myself in this position again.
Douglas Wilson
I mentioned that I needed to state a few specifics. One of them is that after I gave my sections to Randy for editing and blending, I did not do anything more. I looked at the manuscript when it came in, but did not read through the whole book, left to right. I do not know that doing so would have changed anything, but it could have. This is an example of practical responsibility.
Douglas Wilson
A comparison. Continue reading
“Fools mock at making amends for sin, but good will is found among the upright.” — Proverbs 14:9 Continue reading
They pretend that they have no control over their distribution, as though the books magically appear at Amazon under their name without their knowledge or consent. Continue reading
Consequently, I want to take full responsibility for having my name on the cover of a book containing plagiarized sections, and where the contributions from the authors were undifferentiated. In such circumstances, when plagiarism is detected, the one who finds it has every right to look at the cover and decide right on the spot who is responsible. The names on the cover are the ones with the authorial responsibility, which is the primary responsibility according to contract, and the editorial imprint is the one with the publisher’s responsibility, also specified by contract. Further investigation might reveal where particular culpability lies, but the responsibility for the project flows (according to God’s design) to the names on the cover.
Douglas Wilson
The cost of doing business with Doug Wilson. Continue reading
Canon Press has not said if they sold their inventory for resell or destroyed it. What do you think they did?
The Committee is determined to follow the record wherever it may lead and will not hesitate to clearly identify any sins, errors of omission, errors of commission, errors of wisdom, malfeasance, corruption or cover‐up that may be discovered in the course of its review.
Randy Booth
WORLD Magazine has apparently updated its story with this sentence: “But the same day that Canon Press pulled the book, Booth resigned from the committee, according to Canon CEO Aaron Rench.” Continue reading
This laid him open to the just charge of plagiarism, and those charges were not long in coming.
Douglas Wilson
