Hundreds of blogs have
linked to this in the past week, so I might as well pay it some attention, even though I'm doubtful that it's a hoax. The basic story is as follows: Some guy was contacted out of the blue via IM by a college student who wanted to know if he would write a paper on Hinduism for her. She had searched for people who mentioned the word 'Hindu' in their AOL profile and came up with him. To make a long story short, he agreed to write the paper for $75, but all he did was slap together a paper by shamelessly plagiarizing texts found on the internet, and then he blew the whistle on her by posting what he had done on his blog.
Boing Boing initially cried hoax, claiming that the story had been cooked up to promote the comedy troupe whose site the story is posted on. But then Boing Boing backed off this claim. Personally I have no idea whether or not it's a hoax. Nor can I think of any good way to find out. But it seems plausible enough to me that something like this could happen.
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To whit, wouldn't it be less work for "Laura" to just plagiarize some stuff from the Internet herself (obviously, academic ethics were not hindering her) than to search AOL for Hindus, then persuade some stranger to write the paper for her, then pay him $75?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
This article is about Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. For other meanings, see Krishna (disambiguation).
Lord KrishnaKrishna (Sanskrit for "black", though sometimes said to mean "all attractive" or "dark blue"), is, according to Hindu traditions the eighth avatar (approximately "incarnation") of Vishnu, and in yet others, namely, Gaudiya Vaishnavism, He is considered to be the source of all incarnations. The story of Krishna's life on Earth is an important part of the Indian epic Mahabharata, which contains astronomical references used by some devout Hindus to date the events before the end of last Dwapara yuga (also known as copper age) approximately 5100 years ago, 3102 BC. However, while Krishna plays a key role in the Mahabharata, it is in the Shrimad Bhagavata Purana that thousands of lines are dedicated solely to extolling His life and philosophy.
His place in Hinduism is complex. He appears under many names, in a multiplicity of stories, among different cultures, and in different traditions. Sometimes these contradict each other, though there is a well-known and predominantly common core story that is central to most Indians' knowledge of Krishna.
originally on the a week of kindness website, which broke the story, her name and university was given. This matches up with the picture.
this person was my teacher!!
how could u? we thought u were an honest person! where are ur catholic values? u used to be my role model! i used to wonder what makes up dirt. now i know....