Bottom line creates plagiarists ?

Being just a very " amateur " writer- mostly addicted to LETTERS -

    I am bemused by all this recent reporting of professional writers - people

    who are very talented and lucky enough to make money at it -getting caught

    cheating, a charge of PLAGIARISM hanging over their heads.

             The root of the evil here may indeed be CHARACTER. But also in our

    capitalist society EVERYTHING becomes a commodity. Everything for sale. Souls

    for sale ! The writing profession has become a winner take all racket.

             Celebrity is worshipped while integrity and intelligence goes

    unrecognized. And that is perhaps why YOU , dear editor, are stuck reading

    my letters instead of being interviewed on TV  flashing your best seller.

                Pro-writers become cheats for the same reason Mr. Marsh would

    not bury his dead : there is a buck to  made here !