I ignore the law every day when I jaywalk. Technically, you’re right that that is also breaking the law. I wasn’t being careful with my words.

How and why matters, though.

▲

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.

	▲	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.

▲

worik 28 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.

▲

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.

	▲	borski an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I agreed with you; that is why I said I wasn’t being careful with my language.

▲

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.