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Originally Posted by elmbow
So, we want to make it against the law to be a liar? Why, if it isn't harming others? PX warriors are in no shortage, so what? The guy is either trying to get laid or get elected. If the woman, or the voters he's wooing are too stupid to see through his machinations, too bad for them. Does his lying about his Bronze star somehow diminish yours?
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First, get your statements to align with the facts. It's not a 'Bronze Star' that the liar is flashing around, but a Silver star and a Purple Heart. Secondly, it does diminish those actual and verifiable awards to genuine heroes; why do you think that the heroes were recognized in the first place? They accomplished something special and unique, and we should honor that fact, not have those awards trivialized by some low-life, shit-eating scumbag.
And finally, try to understand that any freedoms that we enjoy - speech, religion, press, etc. - are not absolute freedoms. You cannot say every thing to comes to mind; you cannot print every thing to come before your typesetter, and you cannot worship in certain ways. Living societally, we intrinsically surrender some measure of each freedom in order to maintain a reasonable level of civility.
Most of the lying wannabees are either in the process or have already committed some fraud, and their lying was the means by which they were successful. In other words, their lying was aiding and abetting the commission of a felony.