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That is considered a lie in the UK? In the US that would be considered an obvious equivalent of "shitty and only out for themselves". Everyone already knows law
by Nasrudith 6y ago
That is considered a lie in the UK? In the US that would be considered an obvious equivalent of "shitty and only out for themselves". Everyone already knows lawyers are master of screwing you over with contracts legally.
- jboog 6y agoThat's because it is usually perfectly legal to lie about someone in the US and just call it "hyperbole" or something. Our libel laws are incredibly permissive in the US. See Elon Musk calling a guy a "pedo" repeatedly with zero evidence, because he pissed him off online. Although there were other issues in that case. The UK has way more strict libel laws than the US. If you lie about someone it's a LOT easier to get a civil judgment against you. Hency why a ton of magazines/newspapers have been successfully sued over libel whereas in the US this almost never happens.
- leephillips 6y agoNo, it would not. A “scam” is a scheme to defraud, it’s an allegation of illegality.
- isoskeles 6y agoI get annoyed when I read people claim a business is a “scam” when their real problem is something clearer like the products are too expensive. Can we reserve the word “scam” for actual scams, or am I really expected to divine the true meaning of these troglodytes’ reviews? I just ignore them.
- BoorishBears 6y agoScam is the go to word to try falsely throw a company under the bus without needing to go into specifics, I also ignore those reviews. If a business really wrongs someone, people tend to be willing to go into detail about how they were wronged. Especially since it sucks and if you're willing to write a review, you're probably also willing to make it one that informs others specifically what went wrong so they can avoid it.