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by jonny_eh 3237 days ago
> As long as people don't try to involve them in legal cases

That's the problem I have with them. We can't say, as a society, that something is ok in one scenario, but say it's bullshit when it matters.

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>We can't say, as a society, that something is ok in one scenario, but say it's bullshit when it matters.

Sure we can.

Sometimes carefully crafted bullshit can be ok. For example, when countries conduct diplomacy, or when poker players bluff, or when intelligence agencies need to hire someone and attempt to scare them into telling the truth or trick them into revealing a lie.

The court system is not a place that should tolerate any kind of bullshit (though like most systems, it sadly does to an extent), so it's different.