Have you ever done something you later found out was illegal?

[Reep]

Fireworks, fireworks and more fireworks.

 

[GamerPhate]

Now, here's the catch; Have you ever done something, which, at a later point, you found out was illegal?
Can be pretty much anything, considering certain countries have different laws. Something might not be illegal in your country, but highly illegal in another.

I thought of this while doing something I really had no idea was illegal, seeing as it's pretty stupid.

I was recently visiting Estonia. Traveling from Norway -> Stockholm -> Boat to Tallinn.
On the way back, I figured; "Hey, gotta bring something back, you know."
In to the Tax-Free shop i go, pick up something that's not that common where I live; A bottle of Stroh, 80% Rum.
Happy with my purchase, I go and do what normal "young" people do on said "cruises"; We get shitfaced.

The day after, we dock in Stockholm, get on the bus and head for the border.
When we're approaching said border, with the customs ready to rip us a new one, I asked if anyone knew what the legal percentage of alcohol which we were allowed to bring back into Norway was.
Turns out it was 60%, anything above is counted as narcotics. "Yikes", I thought. A criminal record for something this small? Gah, what a stupid country to live in.
Luckily, the people in the customs didnt think a busload of youths would smuggle anything, so we passed through without any checkups.

Now I'm officially a drug smuggler. My life of crime can commence!


What's your silly story?

Like Al Capone.. just don't avoid the taxes on it and you should be fine

 

[jpoon]

I probably wont go through and name them all, but let's just say yes. I have many times over done this. I just keep forgetting that it's illegal. Doh!

 

[Boxinatorizore]

Umm... I don't know... oh wait using an snes emulator without owning an snes or any games.

 

[Neurowaste]

Dude, I make my own fireworks.

[sup]I do hope that's not illegal either...[/sup]

Well, I can't speak for the UK, but it's insanely illegal here in the States. Cops will shoot you just for thinking about fashioning homebrew explosives.

The hell you talking about, thermite is perfectly legal so is Napalm composite-B, loopholes my friend. I didn't know walking around an abandoned shack in public property was considered "trespassing" i was doing a photo-journalism project, screw you cops.

All other illegal things I've done have been with full awareness.

 

[reaper660]

Of course I don't have a pile of dead babies in my garage!

 

[Soxafloppin]

Downloading music, i did it for like 5 years, then someone told me it was illegal :|

 

[Shoes]

screw you cops.

All other illegal things I've done have been with full awareness.

I was about 14 witha group of friends and girls at this lame "Haunted trails" thing at about 10:00pm we had gotten out and were sprawled out across the nearby grassy area after about an hour and a half of intense flirting I was about to make out with this chick when cops pulled up on us saying we were "Loitering" (bullshit total bullshit) and breaking curfew, I had no idea curfew was actually enforced it was only something I had heard about as 8yr old staying up past 9 thinking I was a badass.

Point is how the fuck is loitering remotely a crime? or even breaking curfew for that matter....
EDIT:
Also the police totally cock blocked me, something I will never forgive them for

 

[IronDuke]

A bottle of Stroh, 80% Rum.

Good god. I drank a bottle of that stuff once, and by the end of the night I had abused all my friends and attempted to catch a plane out of the country, before finally taking a guitar to the beach and wallowing in drunken madness.

I will never drink Stroh 80 again!

 

[QuirkyTambourine]

Don't you mean, have I ever done someone who I later found out was illegal?

Spoiler

I do believe that we have a winner.

Um well once when I was 10 I drank a whole Mike's Hard Lemonade because I thought it was just lemonade, and that "Hard" referred to the bottle or something

 

[rex922]

everything is legal in my mind

 

[jak1165]

I think "sodomy" is technically still illegal in the US.

 

[Altorin]

everything I've done that's been illegal I've known it was illegal when I did it.

I once asked someone to do something that seemed perfectly legal at the time, and it evolved into what was probably a felony.

as for what it is, I plead the fifth.

 

[Spitfire175]

I could have been fined for possessing live ammunition without lisence about 12 years ago, when I found unused ammo in the old trenches on Finland's eastern border and didn't turn it to the police.

Thats fucking sweet, did you keep it? What kinda ammo was it?

7.62x53R rifle cartridges, 9mm submachine gun rounds and 21mm anti-tank rounds. I still have all of them, now legally. I have a collector lisence for old ammo and rifles.

 

[Zersy]

I've stolen alot of things before i found out that it's wrong (Took me even longer to figure out why it's wrong)

I've foraged a few documents that could judge the outcome of someone's life.

Animal cruelty (Wait ? I'm not allowed to beat my cat with a broom handle ? Since when !)

perhaps a sex offender ....... if hugging a girl while you have a bonar counts.

oh and most of all steal my dad's car

and all of this before i was even 8.

... You foraged for documents? Where'd you end up finding them?

Sorry i meant "altered" the documents

 

[KjellKanon]

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Like Al Capone.. just don't avoid the taxes on it and you should be fine

I smell great things for my future in crime!

A bottle of Stroh, 80% Rum.

Good god. I drank a bottle of that stuff once, and by the end of the night I had abused all my friends and attempted to catch a plane out of the country, before finally taking a guitar to the beach and wallowing in drunken madness.

I will never drink Stroh 80 again!

Sounds like a pretty interesting night
I'll most likely keep it to a shot or two, so the bottle lasts me a good while.
In spite of it being 80%, it actually tastes good. That's what astounded me about this Rum.

 

[Mr_spamamam]

Once me and my ex were really drunk and she fell asleep during sex, but i didnt realise. I was later told that its technically rape.

 

[FROGGEman2]

Babysitting... I did it when i was 13. One year underage!

What a horrible terrible crime! That's punishable by death you know.

Um... Is accidentaly forgeting to pay for BioShock accepted? The clerk and me both forgot...

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