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Why would it be illegal? Unless it's written in to a law as something you can't do, it's by-default legal; and why would someone write a law saying that you cou
by jen729w 8y ago
Why would it be illegal? Unless it's written in to a law as something you can't do, it's by-default legal; and why would someone write a law saying that you couldn't pretend to be deaf?
- cookiecaper 8y agoGenerally speaking, it's unlawful to make false representations in the course of doing business. There doesn't necessarily need to be a specific law that says "you can't pretend to be deaf", because if you misrepresent such facts, you are very likely exposing a lot of legal attack surface. IANAL.
- realusername 8y ago> Generally speaking, it's unlawful to make false representations in the course of doing business You basically described the whole field of advertising, if you make misrepresenting facts illegals, there's not a lot of businesses that would not be fined.
- cookiecaper 8y agoAn unlikely best-case representation is not the same as a false one.