If someone demands a yes or no answer, are you obligated to say yes or no?

[Feanorcurufinwe]

[REP]

1. Depends

Which was also Bob Dole's answer when asked, "Boxers or briefs?"

[jadedcherub]

2. no, the only answer is yes. (n/t)

always yes. always.

:)

[underseasurveyor]

3. Maybe.

Maybe not :evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

4. DAMMIT!!! You beat me to it!!!

Just so I feel better: Perhaps not. :evilgrin:

[underseasurveyor]

7. And yet........Perhaps So.

Perhaps we might consider that maybe it could be considered?
:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

8. It's possible

but likely unlikely :evilfrown:

[RC]

5. Maybe, and that's final!

When I was teaching, I had a button that said that so any students around my desk could see it.

[DarkPhenyx]

6. Depends on the question asked.

Precious few questions that are really worth asking, let alone answering,can be adequately answered by a simple "yes" or "no". Sadly the populace at large, not just in the US but all over, has become dependent on those simple answers. They hate living in a nuanced society where things are complex and they have to think before answering, or think about the answer they were given.

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You are, however, required to actually answer the question you were asked. Not give some rambling non-answer crap like we usually hear from our "leaders".

[onebigbadwulf]

9. I dont know, do you still rape little girls?

;)

[Dookus]

10. If the question

is simple and straightforward and doesn't force someone into a false answer, then yes.

So tell me: If an undocumented alien applies for medical help should he or she be reported and deported?

If you don't want to answer the question, tell me why and explain why the question is unfair.

[REP]

12. Don't Know Enough About the Alien in Question

But in general no, just showing up for emergency services shouldn't be enough for deportation unless: the alien is a criminal; has TB and is non-compliant about taking meds; alien has antibiotic-resistant TB; alien has committed a non-immigration-status related crime (ANY crime, yes, even speeding); alien is in this country against his/her will,; etc.

[Vladimir]

11. Fish are slippery n/t

[NashVegas]

13. Unless the Person Asking the Question Is a Lawyer

No one has the right to determine how another person communicates unless the person being subjected to the questions has agreed to place themselves in such a position; to agree to perform according to the other person's rules.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

15. Lawyers have no special rights as far as I'm cnocerned

[jukes]

14. but, i'm conflicted...

:shrug:

[Susang]

16. Perhaps

Maybe, it depends. ;-)

[JVS]

17. No, but it is polite to say yes, no or "I cannot give you an yes/no answer

then if they ask what it is tell them. Don't just launch into a complex answer.