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The first thing to do is realize that there are only a few limited situations in which you are ever legally obligated to tell the truth (or to say anything at a
by MWil 13y ago
The first thing to do is realize that there are only a few limited situations in which you are ever legally obligated to tell the truth (or to say anything at all).
Allow that to empower you and the truth will literally set you free. Truthfully, you are almost always free to lie. Find those boundaries and tiptoe without crossing them.
I imagine that even if you are able to take advantage of some of the other advice in this thread about gaining actual documents and whatnot, you are more likely to get caught if you aren't willing to stretch the truth or lie.
"Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
I really enjoy watching fox news or listening to rush limbaugh and I find that the longer I take it in, the more I learn how to hone this practical skill.
- clarkm 13y agoI agree with you, but I don't think you should consider the act of using multiple identities itself to be lying. Or at least, calling it that seems harsh. Do actors lie when they use stage names? Are authors lying when they publish under pen names? Sure, some may use nicknames or professional names because they're more marketable. But others use pseudonyms for privacy protection. They want to compartmentalize their own identity, and I consider that a perfectly valid purpose.
- MWil 13y agoThose are both examples where you would heavily expect suspension of disbelief so I don't think they're analogous to the purpose the OP is asking about. You're not testing your skills against people, you're testing them for people.
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- dedward 13y agoSure it's valid.. and in the US, if I'm not mistaken, it's expressly legal to call yourself whatever you want - as long as you aren't doing so to commit a crime. So during day to day business and life, you can call yourself whatever you want. Others can insist on identification if it's important to them, and that gets trickier.. but using a pen-name on a book or a hotel reservation is no different than using a fake name at starbucks while waiting for your coffee. Forging documents is of course illegal, so that puts a crimp on things - but there is no particular reason that you are required to use your "real" name except when dealing with government documents (and things that rely on them)
- gknoy 13y agoNote that lying to a federal investigator, even when you don't even realize it or realize that it has any bearing on anything, is a crime (in the US). It's inadvisable to lie to the police, FBI, etc.
- sciurus 13y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_to_an_investigator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lying_to_an_investigator
- MWil 13y agoSolomon L. Wisenberg sounds like an alias, lol.
- triplesec 13y agowhich is why you never talk to the police, or the Feds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc Can't post this often enough, because it takes a lawyer to explain that even if you're "innocent" (scare quotes, ha ha), you're in danger
- agilebyte 13y ago"... just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it" might come handy too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB8TCRUd9rA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB8TCRUd9rA
- EGreg 13y agoNot really that easy The technically safest advice is "don't talk to the police": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
- ParahSailin 13y agoThe SCOTUS just ruled that that doesn't work anymore.
- EGreg 13y agoWhat do you mean ... after all what do you always ask right after a client says "it doesn't work"?
- improv32 13y agoYou're mistaken, the SCOTUS ruled that in order to invoke your right to not self incriminate, you must state directly that your are invoking the 5th amendment only in VOLUNTARY conversations.
- ParahSailin 13y agoSo when you are being detained, it is as it was before?