# Liars, lying, and lies in Great Debates **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 21, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-lying-and-lies-in-great-debates/430812 "2007-12-21T06:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-lying-and-lies-in-great-debates/430812/2 "2008-01-08T17:11:19Z")
As a further addendum to the above: Questioning or disputing the accuracy of another poster’s statements–“I don’t think that’s right”, “That’s incorrect”, “You are mistaken”, or even “That’s not true”-- is what Great Debates is all about. However, questioning the intent of another poster in making an arguably false statement–e.g., “You are a liar”, “You are lying”, “That is a lie”, “That’s not true and you darned well know it isn’t true”–is crossing the line into attacking the other poster rather than attacking the other poster’s arguments, and will be considered a violation of the rules of the forum. If you absolutely must, [the BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5) is available to discuss the inflammable state of another poster’s pants. In addition, if dishonest posting rises to the level of [trolling](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7696935), it should be reported to the Moderators. (Be advised that merely being utterly wrong-headed about whatever the topic is, and failing to be convinced by your brilliant, well-cited, perfectly reasoned arguments, will not necessarily get the other poster warned for trolling.) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liars-lying-and-lies-in-great-debates/430812)._