Given 'Safire cannot be accused of being copy-proud (except, evidently, of awful puns, as in   Ms. is deliberately msterious , but at least it is not deliberately msleading   and other mscegenations).', does 'Safire  shuns word-play but embraces copying the work of others. ' present an opposing view?
Safire cannot be accused of being copy-proud (except, evidently, of awful puns, as in   Ms. is deliberately msterious , but at least it is not deliberately msleading   and other mscegenations).###Safire  shuns word-play but embraces copying the work of others. 