-79 If you aren't hurting or hampering anyone, then the cops should let you get away with breaking the law, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I feel like a law against something that truly doesn't hurt or hamper anyone in anyway if broken shouldn't be a law in the first place

by Anonymous 11 years ago

but there are laws that usually prevent people from hurting or hampering others, but there are occasions when it's just inconvenient

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Like when, exactly?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

like parking lots that you need a permit to park in. But if the lot is deserted and it's night time, why not?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

in that particular cirumstance i agree with you - but your post makes a much more dangerous and sweeping statement, and one that can be easily manipulated and exploited by evil-doers.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Jaywalking. If it's sunny outside and you're noticeable as fuck, and you look both ways before crossing, it shouldn't be illegal.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, in major cities i can understand jaywalking laws, but in much smaller areas, not so much.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But when you let people jaywalk during the day, they get used to it, and will probably start jaywalking at night. I've seen it in action.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

On the other hand, people might jaywalk at all times JUST because it's illegal.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

yeah that too! haha.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Laws must be rigid; they cannot be disputable or open to interpretation.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

that's boo-hockey! laws that are rigid and not disputable are the foundations of totalitarian regimes. Perhaps what you're referring to is that the law must be unwelcoming to emotional appeal! The law must not cave in the face of personal emotion. But at the same time, laws NEED to be flexible, but the changes need to be based on reasoned argument

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I have a feeling people would take advantage of this.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

In theory it sounds good, but it offers infinite more opportunity for loopholes to be made in the system.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

This. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aaubVlhNK4&feature=related

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Only situation that came to mind upon reading this was how Charlie Day's character in Horrible Bosses was labeled a sex offender because he pissed in a playground in the middle of the night. "They shouldn't put a bar so close to a playground!" hehe

by Anonymous 11 years ago