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Leigh Penman Public Apology for Plagiarism
At this point I had to step in….first thank you Debbie for your support and understanding…
I put up an apology thread that seemed to disappear….but that is beside the point…
And,,,I just heard that Sally Ann has been blamed in some quarters for this by using my name on an article she constructed…NOT TRUE. Sally is a decent person and would NEVER stoop to this level…
Now to me….the gender question first of all…yes I am transitioning from female to male…but that is hardly an issue here. However a lot of people dont understand that yet and think I should just embrace my femininity….I wasnt born with any so that would be hard to do…
OKAY all that said…the article. Can I rationalize or defend what I did? NO. I fucked up in a way that even I can’t explain…I still cant…
I have been going through SO MANY harsh peronal issues at this point in my life that right now even I dont know if I am capable of bouncing back. Sure I walk around with a smile on my face…but am I smiling now????? Damn I can hardly see the keyboard as I write this so that gives you a clue….
Listen…I make NO excuses for what I did….I took quotes from another article in an attempt to come up with something positive and inspiring…even that looks pathetic as I re read it…I LOVE RX and would never do anything to cast a shadow over it. Dave gave me my first real break in bodybuilding writing in this country and I THANK him for that. I wish I could rationalize what I did to you all but how in the hell can I when I can’t even rationalize it to myself?
OK…I could say…I had just moved apartments…was having major flooding issues from the word go in my new one…hadn’t slept for days…hadnt been able to focus on my writing..had stuff going on in other areas of my life that I was trying to deal with too…..once again….does this excuse me??? NO.
Right now what I do know is that I am good at what I DO and I want to bounce back.Whether I am allowed to is out of my hands.
All I do know is that as they say…to err is human to forgive divine…..we ALL make mistakes in our life. This one just happend to be more public.
And…once again and for the last time…I am not writing this to save my ass…I am writing this to MAKE SURE it is CLEAR that this is MY mistake….MY responsibility…MY error. I admit it…I own it…I can’t justify it. I just hope that I can pull back the pieces of my life after it. I am NOT a bad person…I HAVE a heart…please try and think of that before you cast another stone……? LINK TO SOURCE Likewise, Penman shared with Bodybuildingfitnessfigure.com,? “I just put up a post on the RX thread….I can’t justify what I did….I am beyond upset at this point….but I take responsibility for everything. I just hope I can bounce back. We all make mistakes….I am not the first one EVER to make a mistake…..”
