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To: MEGoody
Arresting and jailing the forger of a birth certificate: Priceless.

What is the crime?

Making people believe a falsehood is not a crime. If it were, Allan Funt would be a wanted man.

As long as the forger didn't try to sell as something it wasn't, make money from it in some other way, or use it him/herself as what it was purported to be (Obama using it as his birth certificate) what, exactly is the crime?

And even if it were a crime, it would only be a crime in Kenya/Zanzibar/wherever. Not in the United States, unless someone was enticed to spend money on the forgery (Hey! Wanna buy a Picasso?). Kenyan law doesn't extend here.

As long as the forger stays clear of Kenya (and how often do you accidentally find yourself in Kenya?), he/she should be home free.

Writers as prominent as Mark Twain and HL Menchen have taken part in public hoaxing. It's not a crime.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to waiting for my jackalope ranching kit to arrive.

204 posted on 08/06/2009 2:27:03 PM PDT by mountainbunny (Mitt Romney: Would you buy a used car from this man?)
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To: mountainbunny
As long as the forger didn't try to sell as something it wasn't, make money from it in some other way, or use it him/herself as what it was purported to be (Obama using it as his birth certificate) what, exactly is the crime?

The law as noted in post 80 of this thread is against producing such a document, not selling it or anything else, if you are not authorized to do so, producing it is breaking the law and carries the criminal sanctions specified.

374 posted on 08/06/2009 4:52:21 PM PDT by dalight
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To: mountainbunny

“Allan Funt would be a wanted man”

IIRC Candid camera pretty much got eviscerated by lawsuits.


425 posted on 08/06/2009 6:08:58 PM PDT by Locomotive Breath
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To: mountainbunny
What is the crime?

It was a joke.

583 posted on 08/07/2009 7:50:26 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: mountainbunny
What is the crime?

It was a joke.

584 posted on 08/07/2009 7:50:29 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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