http://www.italki.com/groups/710/topic/8733.htm 您真是贵人多忘事，以下是您在另外一个帖子的回复 1 “但是，学习中文？你很没礼貌。。。。恶心” 2 August 你也一样。你是个自私自利的女孩 我，行不改名坐不改姓的茄小番（=april=august），在此郑重承诺：只要您能为自己以上这两句无礼的话做出合理的解释，我唐某人绝对愿意接受来自您的任何批评和教育。否则，对不起，我将继续保留鄙视您的权利。 以上。

hank you for your reply. first of all I do not need your assistance with any of my chinese studies. There are lots of friendly chinese people that are most willing to assist me in any of my chinese learning needs. secondly I posted the question of it being plagiarism. I did not accuse or assume that it is so. however, your response (in chinese) was that of an insult and may I say a "Hatred angry" nature. One of overreaction and thoughtlessness. I have been living in China for two years and I really love this place. I have met many thoughtful chinese people since my plane landed in this wonderful country. but it's just to bad that today I ran into a...well heartless chinese citizen. April, August, whatever your name is I would suggest you take some anger management classes to help curb this anger that is building inside of you. it is not good for your health. I believe that this anger is not directed at me but at some hatred you have for..a society, gender, race, culture, age bias etc. it's not clear but the anger management course should assist you in sorting it out. one final note...as for plagiarism. it is a serious offense that could result in expulsion from a school ie university. I was just trying to help you in your english studies and show you the source of your material. Have a good new year

没错儿，确实有意思~ (本姑娘最喜欢欺负怪蜀黍了哇哈 哈哈哈) Hi there~ First of all，special thanks to Mr. fireflytech for reminding me of my old account so I finally got it back~ (Yep that's right April=August=本姑娘) You see...Mr.fireflytech...I hate to disappoint you here but I really have to say...No.This is not plagiarism.——Beieve it or not, the simplest and the only real answer is that it is an adapted version of citation.This is the reply I get from my friend and I can't have too many reasons to trust her. 另外, 我对您的人品实在是不敢苟同~ 我说您一个外国 人，又这么大年纪，好不容易学会说几句汉语本来是多 么值得表扬的事情啊，可是您太喜欢用汉语来诋毁别人 了，并且张口就来无凭无据的，周星星都没您无厘头~~ 而且来来去去都是些个没逻辑也没层次的话，又怎么能 招人待见呢~~ 无论您学汉语是为了骂人, 还是只是想要 通过骂人来练习汉语, 我都劝您回头是岸~~ 要知道群众 的眼睛是雪亮亮的呀~~ 人民群众对这类怪蜀黍向来是要 表示唾弃的~~ 在italki上混的会讲英文的老外又不止你 一个，只有脑子进水的人才愿意和一个目中无人的人一 起学习撒~~ 就算有他们迟早也要看清您的真面目，最 后愤然离去，留下您踽踽独行形单影只向隅而泣，因为 连对人起码的尊重您都做不到~~ 总之嘞，清者自清，多说也无益。本姑娘忙得很，也不 大有时间和您继续纠缠~~ 估计你也没甚建设性的意见， 所以就此闭帖了~~　尊老爱幼是中华民族的传统美德， 我认为基本上我对您老说话还是挺客气的，万一有冒犯 什么之处，只能请您也多多担待了——哪怕这对您来说 是有点难度，但是在中国的地盘上混，必要的时候还是 得入乡随俗的哇，您说呢？ p.s. In case you cannot understand the COMPLICATED Chinese above——My suggestion is, DO try to get yourself a translator and see IF there will be anyone there willing to help —— and I'm sorry, but definitly not me~~~(看得懂看不懂随便你 ，我就是故意滴, 哇咔咔~~ )

is this plagiarism?

很有意思，这是 "Deconstructing Cultural Imperialism Examining the Mechanisms Behind U.S. Domination of the Global Cultural Trade Emilee Rauschenberger Fall 2003 http://politics.as.nyu.edu/docs/IO/4600/rauschenberger_thesis.pdf 她的thesis and this is almost the same as page 3 of the thesis "But the spread of American consumer culture goes beyond popular consumption, raising questions and concerns of U.S. dominance in the cultural sphere, what effect such cultural commodities are having on the values of societies and, in turn, on the realm of politics. The term “cultural commodities” refers to products of the print and audio-visual industries including movies, television, publishing, radio, and music. These products are vehicles for the transmission of values, lifestyles, and ideologies that many see as corrosive to the recipient culture."