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I mean, it's an interesting viewpoint, but I'm not sure I'm entirely on board.
The professions listed are indeed ones where to tell lies could be a direct causal factor in causing harm, so I'm with you with that.
Outwith those safety critical environs though, I'm not sure I like the idea of free speech being curtailed by that degree. As much as I hate it. It's a big leap from where we are now to "lock them up because they're lying". I quite like freedom to drop such wild mistruths such as "no mate the sky is green" or " your relative died peacefully" or "Arsenal are a good football team".
Cool discussion point though.
I don’t see the relationship to be honest. One is professionals telling lies, relevant to their field, that can cause harm to people. The other is you, personally, telling wildly obvious lies about a soccer team. Free speech barely enters into it. Jokes are all well and good in most places but go tell a bomb joke in an airport and it’ll likely be the most expensive joke you tell. Doesn’t mean people are being arrested in the street for making similar jokes. Context is the key factor in this.
Ultimately it's the intention behind the lie/mistruth that matters and unless we find truth serums idk how you can prove them