I don't personally feel strongly about this, but why bother taking a plain text article written by someone else and re-publishing it in plain text somewhere else? It doesn't add any value, and just adds noise to the discussion here. Also, the original author may not appreciate your republishing their work.
Edit: Uh, why downvote? Not complaining, just curious; I have done this before for plaintext articles and will do it again, but only if it's welcome.