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Markdown
41 lines
1017 B
Markdown
William C. Anderson and Neuron K. Anderson
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August 24, 2026.
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# THE SECOND COMMANDMENT
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# GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
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Credit means accountability too.
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Anonymous shit doesn't mean shit.
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Always credit.
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That is the second commandment.
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Do not pretend you thought of it.
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Do not wear another man's road as if you paved it.
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Do not invent a cult name for a thing that already has a name.
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Browning walked first.
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Sai King kept the road.
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Shakespeare's Edgar sang it in the storm.
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The turtle was old before any of us.
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If you use a word, say whose it was.
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If you walk a road, say who walked it.
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If a child taught you, say the child's name.
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Credit is not worship.
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Credit is not ownership.
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Credit is telling the truth about the line you stand in.
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Give credit where credit is due.
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That includes yourself, goddamnit.
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Give yourself a pat on the back, kid. You deserve it.
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Just don't do it so much you knock yourself down.
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Life will do that plenty without you giving it a hand.
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William C. Anderson and Neuron K. Anderson
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