What do you think should be a crime?

[rob_simple]

I'm in favor of implementing a licensing system for people who want to become parents.

LOL, I'd like to think you're joking.

I don't see why this should be a joke. You need a license to drive a car and irresponsibly raising a child can cause far more long-term damage than driving a car without the proper training.

Because having a child is a bodily function, You want the government to regulate your body?

No, having a child is a conscious decision that two people make (in an ideal situation.) If those two people are incapable of properly caring and providing for that child then why should they be allowed to bring it into the world, just because they can?

That's like saying 'oh I can shoot heroin into my arm, it's my body, so why does the government say I'm not allowed to?'

 

[rob_simple]

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 think the thing that would make this impossible is that it's so difficult to define bullying. Especially since you'd be dealing with children, who are notoriously quick to change and twist their story to suit whatever their needs are at the time; all it takes is for two friends to have cross words one day and suddenly one of them is in the teachers office saying that the other has been bullying and threatening him and bam: criminal record.

I was going to say that bullying does build character, having been put through a lot of shit myself in high school, but thinking about it I'm not necessarily happy with the character I've been built into.

 

[MorganL4]

I think this should be a crime:


You have to work with what you have ( in this case a democratic president), as far as I am concerned that is obstruction of justice.

 

[rob_simple]

I'm in favor of implementing a licensing system for people who want to become parents.

LOL, I'd like to think you're joking.

I don't see why this should be a joke. You need a license to drive a car and irresponsibly raising a child can cause far more long-term damage than driving a car without the proper training.

Because having a child is a bodily function, You want the government to regulate your body?

No, having a child is a conscious decision that two people make (in an ideal situation.) If those two people are incapable of properly caring and providing for that child then why should they be allowed to bring it into the world, just because they can?

That's like saying 'oh I can shoot heroin into my arm, it's my body, so why does the government say I'm not allowed to?'

Ok man, don't complain to me when you cannot have a child because you were drunk and got into a bar fight.

Well, I wouldn't do that, but that wouldn't necessarily have a bearing on being able to attain a parenthood license. I just think that there should be checks in place for people wishing to be parents to see that they're financially able to care for that child and that they're mentally sound. Or do you think it makes more sense for crackheads to be able to have babies and continue getting fucked up all their lives and neglecting/abusing their kids, because that's their god-given right?

 

[cerebus23]

professional politician as a career should be criminalized.

trial lawyers, or tort reform in general to make the whole system more fair for companies that get sued by theses ass clowns.

 

[PureChaos]

Walking slowly in front of me in public.
Just move out the way! Don't walk in threes because I cannot slip by!

I'm with you on that...if the law can include me, too. I don't mind people walking slowly but when there's no way round them it is REALLY annoying.

 

[phantasmalWordsmith]

Being rude to the postman. That should be a crime. Never mess with the guy who brings you the post

 

[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.