Besides murder and theft what one law, if abolished, would cause total havoc?

[her209]

Indecent exposure... because you know that 80-year-old grandma wants to go wild...

 

[randay]

freedom of speech.

 

[gwlam12]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: gwlam12
It's pretty sad to think that abolishing murder and theft would cause total havoc. Does that mean that everyone here wants to murder and steal, but doesn't because it's against the law? I think if traffic laws were abolished, there would be total havoc.

You were doing good there, but then you countered your own logic.

People run red lights and stop signs when they don't think they can be caught. Same with speeding. Now, if those things were not illegal, don't you think people would be doing it more often? That's what I was trying to get at... unless you're referring to something else.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus
Taxes

 

[Chiropteran]

The law that says you can't take those tags off of pillows.

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: saymyname

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: jtvang125
I think legalizing illegal drugs would start causing the most chaos. What do you guys say?

Why?

Could you imagine living in a world with druggies everywhere? At least now that it's illegal, they keep to themselves for the most part and they do it within privacy because it is illegal and they do not want to get caught. I certainly don't want to live in a society where people are drugged up and high can roam freely without consequence.

You're weird.

Seriously, do you have any clue how many people use drugs and then go into public?

 

[IamElectro]

Speed limits just think of how nasty the roads would be.

 

[everman]

Probably something that could cause a collapse of the banking system.

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: sponge008
Being in high school, I can say that most of the drug use that goes on is precisely BECAUSE they are illegal, so it's "cool" to use drugs.

Kind of but kind of because it's fun. Whether it's illegal or not it makes people want to try it more. Not especially use it. I mean I had a cigarette and I think it's nasty that's not illegal though. Not going to mention the other stuff I've tried.

 

[Aquila76]

Originally posted by: Cookie

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: RadiclDreamer

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Drugs and speed limits.

I dont do them myself, but depends on the drug, some would be fine to legalise. And for the speed limit, the autobon in germany has no speed limits and very little crashes as well.

I think America has less civilized people on the road that Germany.

As well as far less driver education and less qualifications to obtain a drivers license.

No kidding. I was at the DMV the other day. Some older gentlemen was in there to get his license. I don't know if it was a new license or a renewal.
He couldn't read the eye test screen, so they broke out flashcards for him. That should have been a tip-off NOT to license him, but I digress.
He starts rattling out random numbers: "6. 8? No, wait ... 3?". The DMV clerk tells him there are no numbers, just letters. He then says, "Oh just letters? Heh, guess I can't see them too good. Is that a 5, then?" Despite this glaring act of senility / dementia / idiocy / retardation, THEY STILL GAVE HIM HIS LICENSE!!! The clerks thought he was 'a nice old man' and didn't want to seem mean.
BRILLIANT! Let's risk the lives of thousands of drivers on the streets and highways of MA so you don't seem 'mean' to a guy who isn't going to remember what you even look like when he turns away! What's he going to do - shake his cane at you and tell you to get a haircut "YA HIPPIE"?!?

 

[xgsound]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont understand, all of you actually condone the legalization of drugs?

It seems you do understand, you just don't agree. You assume (as you have posted) that more people will experiment and become addicted.

While this is a good point, I have some others. If drugs were legal, people who experiment wouldn't have to deal with criminals (who may kill them) to get them. The drugs would more likely be as advertised instead of being cut with "who knows what" that may kill them instantly. The lesser profit wouldn't benefit gangs as much. Foolish young experimenters would not be jailed solely for the drugs and lose future job opportunities. If the profit was taken out of the picture, what would be the point of being a drug dealer?

This is only to show that the havoc you forsee is not at all definate.


Jim

 

[Tab]

The Phony Threat of Liberal Drug Laws

Something for everyone to read.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Income tax.

 

[Tab]

Originally posted by: sponge008
Being in high school, I can say that most of the drug use that goes on is precisely BECAUSE they are illegal, so it's "cool" to use drugs.

Or maybe it's because it's fun...

 

[VooDooAddict]

Originally posted by: Chiropteran
The law that says you can't take those tags off of pillows.

... that was the first thing i thought of when I saw the thread title.

 

[J0hnny]

WTf, this has turned into a drug thread.

Probably the idea/notion that one can legally "own" land. If that "law" were taken away and no single entity (not even the government or any established entity) were to own a plot of land, everything would erupt into chaos.

 

[Kanalua]

UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) or U.S. Bankruptcy Code

 

[hiredgoons]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Absolutly not, but it's also a doubtful assumption that the rest of the population has the same common sense as I have

I fervently hope that you are correct on that point.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: broon
Any sexual crime...rape, underage stuff...

This would cause total havoc more than legalizing drugs or enabling Autobahns.

 

[FeuerFrei]

Right to trial by jury.

Right to own private property.

(No, I haven't read more than the 3 posts above mine.)

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Gravity.

Congrats, made my sig.

 

[palswim]

The DMCA?