I used you as an example because, being an active member, I remembered seeing another fairly recent batch of plagiaristic posts by . . . well, you. If people weren't posting obvious plagiarisms perhaps I wouldn't have to link to anyone.

The only "degrading" going on is people trying to pass off the work of others as their own. It's a rather simple concept: If you didn't write it, credit the source with at least a link or a name.