Is it a sin to click a box saying that you have read the TOS if you haven't

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JimG said:
(a) mortal sin
(b) common sense

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Common sense is not the standard. Good catechesis is:
  1. The gravity of a lie is measured against the nature of the truth it deforms, the circumstances, the intentions of the one who lies, and the harm suffered by its victims. To lie is to speak or act against the truth in order to lead someone into error.
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JimG said:
Nobody reads the TOS. Reading the TOS is simply a sign that you have too much time on your hands. Personally, I prefer to sit through all movie credits to see what type of film was used, only to be disappointed because often there is no credit given.
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Ok, then what is the “best boy?”
 
It is one of the greatest sins to do that. I would suggest that you do the penance of 100 sit-ups and 250 star jumps and than make sure you tell the truth!
 
mommyof4 said:
Ok, then what is the “best boy?”
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Well, the gaffer is the chief electrical person, and the best boy is his first assistant. (And the old technicolor process used to make GWTW used b&w film and special cameeras.) But this is way off topic.
 
I didn’t thoroughly read this whole thread, but did anyone define the term “read”? Skimming is a form of reading, is it not? If clicking on the box without reading the stupid terms of service bothers your conscience, then just skim the thing. Anyhow, those TOSes are ridiculously worded and usually make no sense to anyone but lawyers and space aliens.
 
MrIrish said:
I didn’t thoroughly read this whole thread, but did anyone define the term “read”? Skimming is a form of reading, is it not? If clicking on the box without reading the stupid terms of service bothers your conscience, then just skim the thing. Anyhow, those TOSes are ridiculously worded and usually make no sense to anyone but lawyers and space aliens.
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Well I’m not a lawyer and I understand them. They are just your basic stuff. So I guess I’m a Space Alien.

OOOGA BOOGA!!! http://planetsmilies.net/alien-smiley-126.gif
 
Contrabass101 said:
No, I dont think it’s lying. Apply common sense! The words “I have read and agree…” is just as much legal mumbo-jumbo as the rest. It means that you are bound by what’s written in the TOS, and are suable.
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Whether it’s a sin or not would also depend on one’s intention.
 
didymus said:
The TOS is a legal document, enforceable against you. It’s not a question of lie or mental reservation – if anything it’s about “meeting of the minds”.

Try it this way – your teenager is heading out with some friends and you tell him all the stuff you usually tell him, “Call when you get there, be back by curfew, &c, &c . . .” but at the end you tack on, “and make sure you fill up the gas on your way home!”

Naturally, he quit listening after Item #1 and responded “Yeah, yeah, yeah” to the whole list, which he’s heard a million times. So is he being disobedient when he returns home with an empty gas tank?
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This would be a very poor method of communicating with a teenager, or anybody else. If you really want him to fill up the gas tank, you wait until he’s supposed to be coming home, and you call him on his cell phone and say, “Oh I forgot to remind you to put gas in the car when you’re on the way home tonight. And by the way, your curfew is in 15 minutes - do you need some extra time or are you on your way right now?”

But if you want him to fail to fill up the gas tank so that you have a legitimate excuse to yell and scream at him, this would be the perfect method to achieve that. 😉

Most products will have important information that is different from usual listed somewhere different than the TOS, and it will be up front and fairly obvious.
 
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