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Originally posted by Spanky
Why don't you just say: I mean, he didn't lie under oath, but lying to send men to die in a war is almost as bad. Or at leat ad under oath to it.
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Okay. Lying when testying under oath in a deposition in response to a question of marginal relevance in a sexual harassment suit does not come close -- on any moral scale, and I would hope on any legal scale -- to lying to Congress for the purpose of convincing Congress to send men to die in a war.
It's still perjury, and perjury is still bad. But the punishment for most crimes is keyed to the harm they cause.
