Really Dumb Laws

[The Night Shade]

a long time ago i saw on T.V that in country (dont remember which) if youre outside you must smile always

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

 

[presidentjlh]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

Fair enough.

But what about the 8th amendment: Cruel and unusual punishment. I think jailtime for mispronouncing a city's name falls under that amendment because it is such a harsh punishment for what is really a non-crime.

 

[Pingieking]

After some googling:

It is illegal to water the lawn while it is raining in Nova Scotia.
No one in Canada may watch or listen to an encrypted broadcast which is not licensed by the Canadian government. This means using US satellite systems such as "DirecTV" is illegal.
Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
You may not pay for a fifty-cent item with only pennies. This one seems very specific, so I guess you could pay for say, a five dollar item with only pennies.
It is illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft. I guess it's legal to actually practice witchcraft.

 

[zehydra]

Ah so you live in Joliet?

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

Fair enough.

But what about the 8th amendment: Cruel and unusual punishment. I think jailtime for mispronouncing a city's name falls under that amendment because it is such a harsh punishment for what is really a non-crime.

Cruel and unusual punishment is torture and such things. Imprisonment is neither cruel, nor unusual. stop trying lol

 

[presidentjlh]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

Fair enough.

But what about the 8th amendment: Cruel and unusual punishment. I think jailtime for mispronouncing a city's name falls under that amendment because it is such a harsh punishment for what is really a non-crime.

Cruel and unusual punishment is torture and such things. Imprisonment is neither cruel, nor unusual. stop trying lol

Okay.

How about I say that the law should be repealed because it's idiotic and has no basis in sanity?

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

Fair enough.

But what about the 8th amendment: Cruel and unusual punishment. I think jailtime for mispronouncing a city's name falls under that amendment because it is such a harsh punishment for what is really a non-crime.

Cruel and unusual punishment is torture and such things. Imprisonment is neither cruel, nor unusual. stop trying lol

Okay.

How about I say that the law should be repealed because it's idiotic and has no basis in sanity?

Then I say that sounds like treason, and you should be hanged. Because the punishment for treason is still a hanging. MMMMM NOW THATS AN UGLY NECKTIE!

 

[ethaninja]

Some country in America

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QUOTE OF THE DECADE! SOMEONE CALL 4CHAN

Well, he might mean Canada, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, The United States of North America, or any other country on the continent of America, southern or northern. He's just not sure which country it is. I fail to see why this is the quote of the decade. =S

OT : Here in Iceland we probably have many silly laws that no one knows about and aren't enforced, but I do remember that we used to have a law (revoked in 1993) that if you killed a Turk you could not be prosecuted (sorry, don't know the proper way to say that in English).

Haha sorry I ment state. The schools I went to weren't excatly good when teaching Geography.

 

[ERadical]

I'm not sure if it's still a law or not but 6 years ago when I was studying law in college my lecturer told us that it's legal to shoot a welshman with a crossbow providing he is standing within the boundaries of a particular castle, I think it's in Cornwall but I may be mistaken.

There was a place that would always get attacked by the Welsh and its still legal to kill a Welshman on sight. So you wont get charged with murder, just man-slaughter..

 

[Tdc2182]

Its illegal to wear a mask somewhere in the united states. I wanna say Michigan.

 

[Tdc2182]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

HAHAHA, Well shit, People with speech impediments are boned

 

[troth]

It is illegal to drag a dead horse down an Ontario street on a Sunday.

It is also illegal to have a three legged race for money in BC.
Ahh Canada.

 

[TheTaco007]

I don't live there, but I'm pretty sure whaling is illegal in Oklahoma.

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

No. TECHNICALLY freedom of speech does not cover pronunciation.

HAHAHA, Well shit, People with speech impediments are boned

don't you mean b-b-b-b-boned? And yes, yes they are. People of affected speech, live not in joliet! They will arrest you!

 

[leviathanmisha]

I have one not to far from my house, where if you pronounce the name of the city wrong you can be fined and/or thrown in jail. I mention this because someone was arrested for this the other day.

Ah, Joliet.

Isn't that law unconstitutional, because technically you're abridging someone's right to say something in the way they'd like to.

Yup, good old Joliet...and it probably is, but this is also Illinois...we're pretty fucked up if I do say so myself.

 

[faceless chick]

i heard one "it is illegal to beat up your mother-in-law on a sunday"
forgot where this one was from, but i find it funny.

 

[MetalDooley]

I'm sure there's a law in Ireland that says you can get fined for saying anything sacrilegious.

Yeah unfortunately the new anti blasphemy laws came into effect on Jan 1(fuck you Dermot Ahern).Anyone found guilty can be fined up to ?25,000.Problem is the wording is quite vague,

"It defines blasphemy as "publishing or uttering matter that is grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters sacred by any religion, thereby intentionally causing outrage among a substantial number of adherents of that religion, with some defences permitted".

So in theory you could be prosecuted for something as simple as saying God doesn't exist as long as it offends enough people.

The most stupid thing about it is that in 2008 Ireland voted at the UN against an attempt by Islamic countries to have "defamation of religion" made a crime yet then turn around and introduce virtually the same thing here

 

[cynicalandbored]

I'm sure there's a law in Ireland that says you can get fined for saying anything sacrilegious.

There is. We have a Blasphemy Law. It's wonderful... Everyone else in Europe's abolished them, and we reinstate ours.

 

[FranzTyphid]

RuleNO.1ont talk about the rules