I was not refering to cyber relationships in my example.
Okay. That wasn't clear to me, since the only way I know any of the people here is as a cyber relationship.
However, if someone is using the internet to deceive trusting individuals, the deceiver is responsible for the
consequences. The formula does not change.
Only, I think, where there is a reasonable basis for the trustee to establish trust. If, for example, I go to a used car lot and the salesman says "trust me, this car is a cream puff" and I buy it without any inspection or warranty or even opening the hood, just trusting him, and as I drive off the lot the axle falls off, I have not acted reasonably and, while he is at fault for lying to me, I am also at fault for trusting inappropriately.
I don't think anybody has any right or reason to trust anybody here until they have clearly established a right to be trusted, and even then, care is the operative stance to take. |
