Canuck
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I think you and everyone else reading my post understood what I meant. Sure, if someone offered to swap me my Model 3 for a brand new P100D Model S, or a Lambo or a Bugatti, I'd take the swap. Then I'd sell that and buy another Model 3. My point, which I know you and everyone else understood, was that I'd rather drive the Model 3 than any other car available today.
Okay, so let's get the ground rules straight -- because taking the P100D, selling it, then buying another RWD Model was, of course, said tongue-in-cheek, because of course everyone would do that. The fact that you took it literally surprised me, especially after we just joked about it with that crazy coconut.
But what you're saying to us (or expect us to believe) is that if someone said to you, "Have my new P100D, for your RWD 3" (no selling it allowed, or if you did, you only get what your 3 is worth) you still would not do it? Yeah right. Again, I call BS!
And BTW, polygraph machines are completely bogus, which is why most jurisdictions no longer accept them as evidence in court.
No BTW. There's been no significant change in the over 25 years I've practiced law with regard to the admission of polygraph results in civil or criminal courts. These machines simply measure involuntary reactions -- but can tricked voluntarily -- and pathological liars have no problem passing them, while very nervous innocent people can fail them. These, and other factors, are called "variables." Variables do not vitiate, or make "completely bogus" the use of these machines, and law enforcement, insurance investigators, family matters involving child abuse, etc. continue to use them to this day, not only in the field but also in the courts (albeit limited use). For example, the offer to take a polygraph, or refusal, in an arson civil claim, cannot be used to determine causation but can be used to determine good faith obligations for either party. In criminal law, while not used in court, they are used to narrow down potential suspects, who ultimately do appear in court after refusing to submit to one. Accused of molesting a child and your refuse one? That says a lot on where to go with the investigation, while at the same time, taking one and failing, does not automatically lead to a presumption of guilt. There's those variables, remember? Cases are like puzzles and you need pieces. Some fit, some don't. Some look to fit, but don't.
You don't need to be a lawyer to know their limited usefulness. Just watch a few Forensic Files and you'll get it, and won't be calling them "completely bogus". They have a role to play and have got much better over the years -- not worse.
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