What I think of Plagiarism.

I have my thoughts on plagiarism, and for the most part they are not very good.  I understand that credit has to be given to the original author, but when you are trying to give credit and can still be "charged" with plagiarism, I don't think that is right.  If you have read chapter 13b, page 240, it is saying that if you make an attempt at paraphrasing, and included an in-text citation, if the paraphrase is not considered a "legal" one, it would still be considered plagiarizing.  So, for this reason I don't let plagiarism preoccupy my mind when I am writing, the thought is still there, I just don't constantly think about it.  If I plagiarize because of bad paraphrasing, or because of too many quotes, or for whatever reason, I'll just do my best to correct the problem and move on.  I know, and even the faculty might know that it wasn't intentional.  Like the policy states, ignorance is no excuse.  I would like to know how you all feel about it.