From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@turbont.net)
Date: Thu Apr 01 1999 - 20:52:18 MST
Eddie Sullivan wrote:
> I was always taught that in order for something to be a lie three conditions
> must be met...
> a) the statement must be untrue
> b) the purpose of the statement is to deceive
> c) the person it is told to is entitled to the truth
> In the case of the Jews/SS an argument could be made for the fact that the SS
> were simply not entitled to that information. Therefore the statement could be
> considered as something else than unethical lying...
That is the definition of libel, not of lying.
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