What do you think should be a crime?

[Tiamattt]

While not exactly making something a crime I would put a lot more restrictions on what people can sue each other for, so incredibly stupid things like

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.388161-4-Year-Old-Girls-Family-Sued-Over-Her-Pink-Playhouse?page=1

doesn't happen anymore.

 

[Mikeyfell]

You're going about this backwards.

People are going to do what they want regardless of what the law says.

Just make Murder legal and you'll see a steep and instant drop off in the crime rate.

Because Yeah, you could steel that guy's wallet, but he could kill you. You're not going to steel that guy's wallet are you?

And let's face it 99% of people aren't going to go on wild killing sprees just because it's suddenly legal.

There's no down side.

The US population in July of last year was 311,591,917. 1% of that is 3,115,919. Three million killing sprees from that 1% of the population. Yeah, that's a pretty big downside.

Think about how long those sprees would last it 308 million people were out to kill them. Then everyone who would go on a killing spree would be dead.

So there isn't "no" down side but the ups totally out weigh the downs.
I'm guessing 18 months and between 8 and 10 million deaths to a crime free utopia.
Sounds fair to me.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Extreme Douchbegary

You would be eleigible to be arrested if you
A) Complained about a chick you like only dating "jerks" even though you never actually asked her out and/or have no real evidence her bf is a jerk
B) If you are a woman over 24 and you refer to your breast as "the girls"
C) If you where a green/red/blue shirt with a popped collar and grope a woman with short hair
D) If you ever, EVER praise Megan Fox's acting or Micheal Bay's directing
E) You are a massive hypocrite all the bloody time (to the point where you won't even listen to what the other side has to say)
F) Use "****" "whore" "fag "Jew" or "n**ger" in a youtube comment
G)Make a flash game about beating up Anita Sarkeesian
H) If you accuse a non-troll of trolling after sending them 3 sweary messages... You know who you are...
I) Call someone a perv less than 6 weeks after uttering the term "look *insert title here* is bending over"
J) Never even watched one episode of Firefly

And much much more...

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Easy choice! Bullying.

Current legal options against bullying are just laughable, even though it's in the same weelhouse as sexual harrasment etc. I'm aware there would be some nasty grey areas to figure out, like when is playful roughhousing no longer playful? But hey, sexual harrasment law has pretty much the exact same issues yet that didn't stop it from becoming officially illegal.

Oh and if anyone wants to bring up how being bullied builds character, let me stop you right there. It. Does. Not. It just turns happy, healthy people into bitter loners. And occasionaly causes serious mental disorders or suicide.

I'd like to agree, but you're right, it's hard to enforce. My older brothers bullied me mercilessly for the first twelve years of my life without ever realising the effect it had on me. I know they wouldn't have if they understood, but they still did it.

Also, I really dislike the idea of making adultery illegal. The government should not be getting involved in relationship stuff, it's never sensible.

If it were up to me, Coldplay would be illegal. I'm not going to go around saying what people can and can't like, except for Coldplay. Coldplay can fuck off.

 

[Souleks]

I'm in favor of implementing a licensing system for people who want to become parents. As for outright outlawing something, I would make it a crime to walk side by side in groups of 3 or more. Seriously, fuck people who do that. If you're with a BF/GF/Wife/Husband etc that's fine but if you're with 5 of your douche-bag friends, walking side-by-side, you should be fined at the very least.

Agree with you 1000%.
however for me, i would not allow any cases of walking side by side in groups of 3 or more.

Also screeching kids.
If a parent passes the exams and get a licenses to have a kid, they should have similar rules to a driver's license and be fined etc according to any trouble their kids cause.

If that was a law I think every kid would totally blackmail their parents.

 

[unindexedsearchengine]

disregard and disrespect of general and advanced/higher knowledge. I don't know how i would enforce it, but if it was illegal AND enforced, this would do quite a bit of good.


That and YOLO. YOLO should be punishable by death. lots of death.painful death.

 

[omega 616]

Stupid/frivolous law suits, such as the ones posted on this forum in the past ... like one on here now is "a home owners association is suing a grand mother for painting her 4 year old grand daughters play house pink" WTF!

Also those stories like "I am suing McDonald's 'cos I spilled there hot coffee on me and it was hot" well no shit!

 

[DeltaEdge]

I also agree that adultery should be a crime. Religion aside, when you marry someone, you enter into a legal union with them that is recognized by the government. If you sleep with someone else, then you are breaking a legal union, which in my opinion, is just like breaking the law and should be punished. If you don't want to commit yourself to someone or are someone who would just use the "we're human, shit happens" or "There are so many great people, how why should I devote myself to just one person, that's stupid" excuse, then you shouldn't get married in the first place.

 

[Calibanbutcher]

Extreme Douchbegary

You would be eleigible to be arrested if you
A) Complained about a chick you like only dating "jerks" even though you never actually asked her out and/or have no real evidence her bf is a jerk
B) If you are a woman over 24 and you refer to your breast as "the girls"
C) If you where a green/red/blue shirt with a popped collar and grope a woman with short hair
D) If you ever, EVER praise Megan Fox's acting or Micheal Bay's directing
E) You are a massive hypocrite all the bloody time (to the point where you won't even listen to what the other side has to say)
F) Use "****" "whore" "fag "Jew" or "n**ger" in a youtube comment
G)Make a flash game about beating up Anita Sarkeesian
H) If you accuse a non-troll of trolling after sending them 3 sweary messages... You know who you are...
I) Call someone a perv less than 6 weeks after uttering the term "look *insert title here* is bending over"
J) Never even watched one episode of Firefly

And much much more...

Damn, until J came along I seemed to not be a Doucbebag.
Now how am I gonna get that pencil-thin beard?
Damn.
And C) seems weirdly specific, especially since I like women with short hair.


On topic: Bullying. If the bully gets defended as "it's what kids do" and the school officials will do f'ck all to help until the victim lashes out, the victim is not to blamed for lashing out and the bully deserves no empathy what-so-ever. It's not about character or weakness or willpower it's about the bully being f'cking evil and should my kid ever be bullied, I swear to god I shall get the school to intervene and at the very least suspend the culprit, and if I have to threaten them with sexual harrassement charges to take me serious, then, so help me I will.
I hate bullies.
I really really really hate bullies.

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Extreme Douchbegary

You would be eleigible to be arrested if you
A) Complained about a chick you like only dating "jerks" even though you never actually asked her out and/or have no real evidence her bf is a jerk
B) If you are a woman over 24 and you refer to your breast as "the girls"
C) If you where a green/red/blue shirt with a popped collar and grope a woman with short hair
D) If you ever, EVER praise Megan Fox's acting or Micheal Bay's directing
E) You are a massive hypocrite all the bloody time (to the point where you won't even listen to what the other side has to say)
F) Use "****" "whore" "fag "Jew" or "n**ger" in a youtube comment
G)Make a flash game about beating up Anita Sarkeesian
H) If you accuse a non-troll of trolling after sending them 3 sweary messages... You know who you are...
I) Call someone a perv less than 6 weeks after uttering the term "look *insert title here* is bending over"
J) Never even watched one episode of Firefly

And much much more...

Damn, until J came along I seemed to not be a Doucbebag.
Now how am I gonna get that pencil-thin beard?
Damn.
And C) seems weirdly specific, especially since I like women with short hair.

Short haired women are the best...

Anyway, the reason C is so specific is because of, and maybe it's just the people I know, the fact that short haired gals usually aren't treated quite as well...

H) Use the term lesbi-friends to describe a lesbian couple (exception: if you use the term sarcastically to mock someone who used the term up to 7:36 minutes previously...)

 

[Aris Khandr]

J) Never even watched one episode of Firefly

I've never watched only one episode of Firefly. Always two or three at a time.

 

[DracoSuave]

Personally, I think that adultery should be a crime. Marriage involves a sacred oath and bond, and breaking it is a foul thing to do. If you're not satisfied with your marriage then seek a divorce, don't sully it with licentious stupidity.

Fuck. No.

1) Marriage is a contract, and if your religion believes it is a sacred oath or bond that's entirely on your religion and the government should NOT be used to enforce that--in the US, in fact, it's unconstitutional. Establishment Clause, bitches.

2) Adultery is often cause by a breakdown in the relationship. While one person is doing the cheating, it's often a symptom of the failure of two people.

 

[The Artificially Prolonged]

J) Never even watched one episode of Firefly

Well that was lucky, I just watched the entire series for the first time this week.

Queue Jumping
Taking too long at the cash machine when there is a queue.
And a lot more queue related laws

I can picture you carrying a glove around, now

Yes I carry a glove. A glove, of justice

 

[Callate]

If you provide a service that comes with terms and conditions, and you change them, you should be required to spell out what the changes are. You should NOT be permitted to just re-publish all twenty pages of your contract and play, "see if you can spot the difference!"

If you have terms and conditions someone has to agree to and inquiring about said terms sends you to a page where you have to locate the version of those terms you can actually READ among twenty-five different languages- noting that those who just sent you are perfectly aware of the language of the web site that sent you there- you should be put up against a wall and shot. Adobe, I'm looking at you.

(This statement is not intended to imply an actual threat of violence to Adobe, any of its employees or subsidiaries. Unless I somehow get to start making laws. Then, watch yo' ass.)

And if we're allowing real pipe dreams, how about just "if you want people to agree to terms and conditions, those terms and conditions have to be in plain English (or whatever the local language is) and fit on a single page of 12-point type."

Regarding adultery: how about if you want to sleep with other people, you just don't marry? I'm fine with if you want to set someone else as your power of attorney, or to inherit, or be able to visit you in the hospital, or have parental rights. But if you want to sleep around, maybe you shouldn't call what you've got marriage.

 

[CannibalCorpses]

I wouldn't make anything else illegal but i would strengthen the punishment for some crimes:

Sexual abuse of children - instant death sentence, no exceptions
Dangerous driving/Drink driving - lifetime ban
Rape - forced castration

obviously there are grey areas on rape but if there is physical evidence then off goes your cock and balls.

 

[Porygon-2000]

Cutting in front of me in line

The punishment: I am legally obliged to kick them in the back of the leg

 

[Calibanbutcher]

I wouldn't make anything else illegal but i would strengthen the punishment for some crimes:

Sexual abuse of children - instant death sentence, no exceptions
Dangerous driving/Drink driving - lifetime ban
Rape - forced castration

obviously there are grey areas on rape but if there is physical evidence then off goes your cock and balls.

I see several problems with this legislation:
First: one woud need to clearly define dangerous driving and if there are maybe certain circumstances that would make a good excuse for driving recklessly , e.g. your wife is in labour and you are on your way to the hospital.

Spoiler: only open if you swear not to make this another gender thread

Spoiler: I am being dead serious here

Spoiler: Dead serious I say.

My assassins are watching you

Spoiler: You have been warned

Second: Rape as in forced penetration whilst the culprit is in a non-intoxicated state I hope?
Yes, drunk guys can rape as well, but sometimes they also "rape", e.g. sleep with an intoxicated women. In which case, I believe that castration is rather extreme.
Because otherwise, with the laws and definitions of rape as they are in some states / countries, male/female interaction could come to a screeching halt.
Disclaimer: Rape is always bad, always and in every case, if it was truly rape and not just two drunk individuals having awkward drunk sex with one party regretting it later and claiming rape.
I am aware of the the fact that it does not happen all that often, but in the case of it happening, the guy/gal should not be castrated, since that is a rather permanent punishment, and, should his innocence be proven later on, nothing could ever repay him/her.

 

[Barciad]

Advertising to children. Their brains are simply not sufficiently well developed to deal with the very cleverly calculated messages.
Disguising a PR firm to make it appear to be an academic institute. This practice has crippled the political and economic debates in the western world these past 50 years.

 

[Vaishnav Reddy]

Cheating on someone whom your married to should be punishable by death. Preferably in a slow painful way like drowning or Hell let's go Biblical and stone the person who does it.

Theft (yes I know its already a crime) should be punishable by death except in the rare occurrence where you would be dead for not stealing but only if the theft occurred non violently and without threats. (like homeless stealing food)

Having more than 1 kid should be a crime. In fact I'd go a step further than China and make it so after someone has there first kid both the mother and the father have 3 choices either be chemically castrated, commit ritual suicide, or pay a fine of 10 million dollars. (note women impregnated via rape are not exempt if they do not want it to be there 1 kid they should get an abortion. of which all should be free)

Abusing animals should be punishable by death.

I'm not sure if you are being serious , sarcastic , trolling us.

 

[Vaishnav Reddy]

Cheating on someone whom your married to should be punishable by death. Preferably in a slow painful way like drowning or Hell let's go Biblical and stone the person who does it.

Theft (yes I know its already a crime) should be punishable by death except in the rare occurrence where you would be dead for not stealing but only if the theft occurred non violently and without threats. (like homeless stealing food)

Having more than 1 kid should be a crime. In fact I'd go a step further than China and make it so after someone has there first kid both the mother and the father have 3 choices either be chemically castrated, commit ritual suicide, or pay a fine of 10 million dollars. (note women impregnated via rape are not exempt if they do not want it to be there 1 kid they should get an abortion. of which all should be free)

Abusing animals should be punishable by death.

I'm not sure if you are being serious , sarcastic , trolling us.

The thread asked my opinion and I gave a serious answer.

Okay.

Let's just see what would go horribly wrong if all of those laws were enforced.

1.Cheating-: Torturing a person to death just because they chose to have sex with one person while already in a relationship with another is so ridiculous that I just can't speak.It would result in a sharp dip in the population , mostly male. Humans are just simply not monogamous by nature.

2.Theft-: A lot of so called ' thieves ' steal out of desperation and are not really career thieves. Besides , the punishment should be proportionate to the crime and the thief should not be killed for one mistake. Exception -: In the cases where ( the evil snake-headed overlords of our society ) steal billions , I wholeheartedly agree with you.

3.Population control-: Due to the fact that they are going to be castrated , have to comit ritual suicide or pay 10 mil , most people will choose not to have kids.This means there is a sharp ( 99% ) drop in the working , middle class populace within a generation. Sharp drop in population equals anarchy.

I'm sure glad you aren't legislating in my country.
Oh, and IMO monogamy is bad.
I anxiously await your reply.( not sarcasm)

captcha-: have an inkling.