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Selectively providing information is not equivalent to lying.

• rhizome 12y ago
  There are lies of commission and lies of omission.
• jacquesm 12y ago
  That's the second time in a week that I come across that statement on HN. You'd be surprised how the rest of the world views lies of omission, hint: not kindly.
  • PhasmaFelis 12y ago
    Lying by omission is not the same thing as not mentioning irrelevancies.
• collyw 12y ago
  You know the bit in a court, when they ask to hear "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth"?