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| ▲ | TurdF3rguson an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| > How and why matters, though. How and why you break a law matters (to a judge / jury). Whether you frame it as "ignoring" vs "breaking" in your legal defense, not so much. |
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| ▲ | borski an hour ago | parent [-] | | I agree; I attempted to clarify that with my “not using words carefully” but that is a fair criticism of what I wrote. |
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| ▲ | worik 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > I ignore the law every day when I jaywalk Not illegal here, but I hope you not complain when caught and fined. |
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| ▲ | jrflowers an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That’s not how words work. This sentence > I ignore the law every day when I jaywalk. Means the exact same thing as “I intentionally break jaywalking laws every day”. They are equivalent sentences. |
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| ▲ | borski an hour ago | parent [-] | | I agreed with you; that is why I said I wasn’t being careful with my language. |
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| ▲ | tjwebbnorfolk 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There is a difference between "fake it till you make it" and "blatant widespread fraud", but the line is blurrier than many startups would like to admit. |
