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Originally Posted by SMadsen
First of all, thank you for not making misinformation synonymous with disagreement!  The act of misinforming IS the same as lying. The state of being misinformed is quite another matter, though, but that, like skepticism and debate and disagreement, is not the issue here.
Second, I'd hate to see my standards become law. That'd be nasty. And yes, I'm pretty sure you can prosecute the guy if he caused you a loss by deliberately having misinformed you. |
Well, this thread is clearly growing faster than I can keep up with (technically I'm still on vacation for till next week) so I have no idea what's been posted since this.
But I can certainly agree that there's a difference between disagreement and misinformation. Also, I misunderstood and thought you were arguing for a law rather than just spelling our private standards; as far as that goes I agree with you: intentional misinformation is (in general) not an acceptable means.
WRT to prosecuting someone for loss due to misinformation, I'm pretty sure that's a civil matter rather than a criminal one and (as I think you and I both agree) so it should be.