abigailgem comments on Not Technically Lying - Less Wrong

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Comment author: abigailgem 12 July 2009 08:29:06PM 8 points [-]

Among lawyers, this can show high status. Lying to a court is completely unacceptable, and can make an advocate useless to future clients. However NTL is OK.

The pupil barrister: "To be honest..."

Head of Chambers: Lawyers are always honest. The lawyer will say, "To be frank..."

(taken from the BabyBarista blog)