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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 1215871" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>We already have laws against fraud, which is what this man practiced.</p><p></p><p>We don't need laws against lying. Simple false speech is not a violation of anyone else's liberty and should not be punishable. By contrast, lying to induce someone into a contract or to get someone to execute a contract is a violation of the property rights of others... it deprives them of property without consent, and that is why it should be illegal. Lying in a court of law is a threat to whatever rights are at stake in a trial, whether it be life, liberty, or property. </p><p></p><p>Just BSing somebody is not a violation of anybody's rights and shouldn't be illegal. This man should have simply been charged and punished under his state's fraud law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 1215871, member: 4235"] We already have laws against fraud, which is what this man practiced. We don't need laws against lying. Simple false speech is not a violation of anyone else's liberty and should not be punishable. By contrast, lying to induce someone into a contract or to get someone to execute a contract is a violation of the property rights of others... it deprives them of property without consent, and that is why it should be illegal. Lying in a court of law is a threat to whatever rights are at stake in a trial, whether it be life, liberty, or property. Just BSing somebody is not a violation of anybody's rights and shouldn't be illegal. This man should have simply been charged and punished under his state's fraud law. [/QUOTE]
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