My Honest Opinion

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Icelander

The police enforce laws. If someone is breaking the law, informing the police is a pretty easy step toward stopping that.

Is it? Unless it's a really serious crime, no it isn't. Going to the cops to complain about your victims solicitation of prostitutes, violation of sodomy laws, littering and rolling stops won't get them to change their ways but it will get them to stop associating with Compulsive Tattletale. Ratting out someone planning a murder or a casino robbery...yeah I can see that particularly when the cops can interfere before the job. Strange though it is to say, it is a bad idea to offer Honest characters membership in a major criminal conspiracy.

Sure. But they only have to deliver what they literally promised, not what the other person believes that they promised. They can have deceived the other party about the value of what the promised, as long as such deception is not against the law.

Only to a limited extent. They could sell Rorex watches in a place where counterfeiting Rolexes isn't against the law, but they would have to just describe them as "watches" because promising to sell them a Rolex and not delivering on that promise would be disHonest. They'd have to let their customers fool themselves...or just buy a watch knowing it's fake but other people will have trouble telling from a distance.