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that doesn't necessarily make people gullible, only trusting. Most otherwise intelligent and reasonably streetwise people might only wonder, after the fact, why anybody would choose to lie about such a thing in the first placematt308, a totally different matter since this falls into the category of yelling fire in a crowded theater.
are we sure it falls into this category, or is that just where we've conveniently parked it?
you must not make a law to prevent someone form doing something you don't like or find offensive
I doubt anyone likes and most people find offensive the fact that people impersonate doctors and police officers, their professional identities are protected by law; I would therefore suggest that there is no connection between what people find abhorrent and that which has legal ramifications
everyone here does not like and finds alverez offensive but he has a right to make such statements.
Mike, he has NO right to make such statements - the issue is whether he should be punished by law
why were so many so gullible as to accept him at face value
B-17, false advertising is not a felony hence people are not arrested for it. this then becomes a civil matter involving fines but not jail time. most companies are smart enough and there are enough loop-holes in the law to allow for "deceptive" advertising to be quite common.
It doesn't matter if its a felony or misdemeanor my point is its against the law. And if all these loopholes werent there, its lying. So they can't do it but when your impersonating someone its alright to lie?
Alright you say it has to be under oath....
Lying to the police, you don;t have to be under oath and no one has to be immediately in danger... but it still against the law.
Police read you your Miranda your not under oath...
Lying about being a Marine DOES carry inherent safety risks. Just let any Marines hear you falsely claiming to have been a Marine (much less having earned the CMH during your fake service)....the person falsely claiming thus is now in imminent danger of having the errors of their ways beat into them.