Link 3, even though it's from Wikipedia (which I generally don't consider to be a trustworthy source of information), further confirms what I originally said - provided I understood it properly at 2 am. If they give you a rope and you decide to use said rope to hang yourself, well, you kinda deserve it. Okay, probably a bad analogy, but still works. False belief (lack of knowledge) is what got you.
Now let me say that I didn't read those links when I wrote the original comment. I used Ansung's Logic (tm). Do you really think a such petty thing should get in the way of a bust? That rule/law/myth would work if everyone was bound by it. Better yet, if everyone was completely unable to lie. note 1 Moving on... It is not against the law to lie - unless in certain circumstances. And even if all lies were illegal (even white lies and answers to the eternal question - "does my butt look big in these jeans?"), which of these is worse: lying and catching the drug-lord of eastern Europe OR telling the truth and him/her getting away?
I have no idea what else to say. Anyone want to correct my logic/arguments?
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(note 1) That would make justice system really simple and efficient:
"Did you steal that necklace from X?"
"Yes."
Next step in efficiency would be to introduce a Sharia-like set of punishments for breaking the law - you murder someone, you get 20 years. Petty theft, six months. And so on. No trials or anything, only hearings. Applying justice would be only limited by the speed of catching perpetrators. And, of course, the speed of creating new perpetrators. :)
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I'm guessing the latter.
If police officers HAD to answer truthfully, it would invalidate most, if not all, of undercover assignments.
There's an intro scene in Breaking Bad which nicely
provesillustrates my point.EDIT 1: I returned and my inbox blew up. Not gonna reply to comments, will just edit it here.
I am neither a lawyer, nor an American. Knowing those laws is not practical for me. I did do a google search, but not a deep one.
Link 1 confirms what I said, as does Link 2.
Link 3, even though it's from Wikipedia (which I generally don't consider to be a trustworthy source of information), further confirms what I originally said - provided I understood it properly at 2 am. If they give you a rope and you decide to use said rope to hang yourself, well, you kinda deserve it. Okay, probably a bad analogy, but still works. False belief (lack of knowledge) is what got you.
Now let me say that I didn't read those links when I wrote the original comment. I used Ansung's Logic (tm). Do you really think a such petty thing should get in the way of a bust? That rule/law/myth would work if everyone was bound by it. Better yet, if everyone was completely unable to lie. note 1 Moving on... It is not against the law to lie - unless in certain circumstances. And even if all lies were illegal (even white lies and answers to the eternal question - "does my butt look big in these jeans?"), which of these is worse: lying and catching the drug-lord of eastern Europe OR telling the truth and him/her getting away?
I have no idea what else to say. Anyone want to correct my logic/arguments?
.
(note 1) That would make justice system really simple and efficient:
"Did you steal that necklace from X?"
"Yes."
Next step in efficiency would be to introduce a Sharia-like set of punishments for breaking the law - you murder someone, you get 20 years. Petty theft, six months. And so on. No trials or anything, only hearings. Applying justice would be only limited by the speed of catching perpetrators. And, of course, the speed of creating new perpetrators. :)
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