What is the World's biggest lie?

@rinkydinkydoink "Victimless crime"

There is no such thing and the apologia is nearly as cowardly as the crime itself.

@ArishMell Criminality is a concept used by people who propose or respect laws. Its use may or may not refer to actual harm, or any connection to physical reality. It's foolish to suggest that understanding this is in some way 'cowardly'.

@ffony What is cowardly is trying to apologise or lessen crime by using the "victimless" myth.

While understanding somerthing does not imply condoning it.

@ArishMell Can you give an example of someone trying to do that?

'Crime' is generally defined as simply the violation of a law. To fit that definition, no victim is required - other than posssibly distressed members of the legal establishment. 🤔

@ffony Anyone who says so-called shop-lifting, or the taking of public services without paying their dues, has no victims, is thoughtless, lying and exhalting theft.

It is those forms of crime that are most often "apologised" for; but plenty others have no respect for laws even as simple as those covering the use of bicycles.

There might not be single, individual victims such as the shopkeeper who has lost goods to snatch-raids; but civilised society as a whole suffers from those who might not steal from shops, but might try to steal from the public services, or who are foolish and cowardly enough to imagine themselves in other ways too important for good behaviour. Or those who try to apologise for such misdemeanours by others.

@ArishMell Anyone who says that someone else having a point of view or opinion, with which they disagree, is therefor lying or thoughtless, is - at least temporarily - deranged.