2023-02-23 02:41 UTC
You know how I would probably get found in contempt of court, is that I am incapable of promising to tell (1) the truth, (2) the whole truth, and (3) nothing but the truth.
I can absolutely swear to tell (1) the truth. Easy! That's my default anyway.
I *can* swear to tell (3) nothing but the truth, but they're not going to like how it plays out. I'm just going to end up saying "I don't know" a lot when they try to badger me to be definitive, and then I'm going to have to raise my own objection: I swore to tell "nothing but the truth" and a guess is not the truth. So per the oath, "I don't know" will have to be an acceptable answer.
I *cannot* swear to tell (2) the whole truth. That's impossible. It is literally impossible, and everyone in the courtroom would get exasperated if I tried.
Hopefully they would at least let me explain the problem.
Edit: subject line and #ActuallyAutistic
Edit: @Cassandra@autistics.life
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@Dangerous_beans@aus.social 2023-08-07 02:35
@Cassandra@eldritch.cafe yeah, what do we mean by the truth? the socially accepted truth, what i think the truth is, what is most likely true? And how are we handling non-binary truth models? what if something is both true and false?