(First of all, my thanks to TestofF8th and FlyWacko whose posts in Freedom of Speech prompted this thought process...)
There seems to always be a volatile discussion in one group or another regarding "Illegal" immigration into the US. I sit on the side of those that believe that "Illegal is illegal"; but about half of eons' members disagree with me.
And this got me to thinking; if illegal isn't really illegal then what laws do I not like. Laws that I have decided to start breaking because...well...illegal isn't really illegal...
I live in Washington State and just across the river from Oregon, and decided to only address laws here that I am no longer going to observe because…after all, “Illegal isn’t really illegal”:
10. It is illegal in the State of Washington to paint polka dots on an American Flag. I’m heading out tomorrow and buy a flag and paint…
9. It is illegal to buy a mattress on Sunday. We actually bought one on Sunday – so that law is already broken. I wonder if Mattress World and Sleep Country are aware that by being open on Sunday, they are accessories to a crime. Wait, Illegal isn’t really illegal…my bad.
8. One may not spit on a bus. I’m taking the bus to the hardware store to buy the paint to use for the polka dots I’m going to place on the American flag…
7. Here’s another one I have broken, except that illegal isn’t really illegal: In Washington State it is against the law to buy meat of any kind on Sunday. Fred Meyer made a killing breaking this law…
6. Next I’m heading to Bremerton, Washington to shuck peanuts on the street. I can take the same bus that I spit on enroute to the hardware store to buy the paint for the polka dots I am adding to the American flag.
5. Here’s one for the most popular guys in Seattle: It is against the law to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. I wonder if Milton Berle was ever in Seattle?
4. Babies cannot be carried on the running boards of a car. I’m getting the Model T out of the garage tomorrow and borrowing a baby…
3. Dishes must drip dry. I break this one everyday when I use the dishwasher and let it dry the dishes.
2. I regularly break this one: It is illegal to whisper “dirty” things in your lover’s ear during sex.
And the Number 1 law I am breaking (in honor of FlyWacko):
1.It is illegal to use canned corn as bait for fishing. The rod and reel and canned corn are already packed. I’ll head for the river on the bus…
And because illegal isn’t really illegal, I’ll be able to get away scott-free on everyone of these offenses…
If Illegal Isn't Really Illegal...
posted about 1 month ago, updated about 9 hours later
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- 1. about 1 month ago Peacesong wrote:
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have you noticed that people don't stop for stop signs any more? Nor do they give way for emergency vehicles, this one really irrates me.
- 2. about 1 month ago soozwilson wrote:
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Postively hysterical!!!!!!! There are so many laws like this!
Susie
- 3. about 1 month ago ScotFree wrote:
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I like these. PA has similar legislative idiocy too, I'm sure, and am now inspired to break a few laws myself.
And get away "ScotFree"? Oh hell yes, Mags, I'll drive the getaway car - uh, I mean BUS - provided you don't spit on it. That's against the law, y'know.
- 4. about 1 month ago TestofF8th wrote:
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5. Here’s one for the most popular guys in Seattle: It is against the law to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. I wonder if Milton Berle was ever in Seattle?
LOL...six feet! Where would you conceal it?
Mary
Uh oh, here comes the spelling police. Canned corn as "bail". LOL
- 5. about 1 month ago didi1213 wrote:
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great blog...what's considered "illegal" can sometimes be a "prickly" situation...
in florida, having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal...and dangerous!... :)...
- 6. about 1 month ago elchucko1 wrote:
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Then it's okay if I go out and rob a bank today? Maybe that's legal if it isn't illegal. The wonder of our "leaders" amazes me...
- 7. about 1 month ago DebinAZ wrote:
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6. about 2 hours ago elchucko1 wrote:
Then it's okay if I go out and rob a bank today? Maybe that's legal if it isn't illegal. The wonder of our "leaders" amazes me...
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Just be sure to keep your transaction "undocumented" then, it's legal.
= )
Great stuff nana!!
(We cannot shoot camels in Arizona.)
- 8. about 1 month ago TestofF8th wrote:
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Virginia law forbids bathtubs in the house; tubs must be kept in the yard. In Los Angeles, a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap.
- 9. about 1 month ago MissPepr wrote:
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Very funny, nana. I'm sure Ohio has its own "blue laws" on the books, but I never paid them any attention. I guess I've been "illigal" for a long time. LOL
- 10. about 1 month ago foneman wrote:
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What's really confusing is where legal is really illegal. If you're employed by a goverment funded college or university, in spite of the fact that the US Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, if you say something the administration doesn't like, a student can be brought before the council and repremanded or flunked by a teacher, or a professor can be denied tenure or forced out. If your invited by a group to speak, and the administration doesn't like you, you may be denied funding, or shouted down by the 'dissenting' side. Federally funded censorship.
It's so refreshing to know that there's so many out there that know how to interpret the laws better than the courts and congress do. We could save a lot of money by not electing all those worthless entities.
OK... I feel better now.
- 11. about 1 month ago HAL9001 wrote:
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Well foneman, the Prof. & the Student were and are still free to speak freely. Their speech though does come with responsibilities and as you have shown by anecdote, consequences. The Constitutional guarantee to freedom of speech is that the Government may not punish you (jail, fine) for what you say about the Government or expressing unpopular ideas. Being shunned (fired, repremanded) by a society or institution, is well within the Constitution provision.
- 12. about 1 month ago ChelseaLad wrote:
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Once government is established, they begin a process of taking liberties away from people. These just represent the extremes that they go to but much of the other legislation they enact robs us bit by bit of the basic freedoms of life, liberty and the persuit of happiness, even if does include buying a nice steak for dinner on a Sunday and machine drying the dishes when finished. The next thing you know they will come around to people in Kentucky and tell them to tear down their stills.
- 13. about 1 month ago duncang55 wrote:
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AH! The joys of "gummint" helping us!
great post!
As long as there is "government", no-one is truly free.
- 14. about 1 month ago FrankBLong wrote:
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And because I am a politician the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled it is not illegal for me to lie to the public as many times as I wish. I assume this ruling applies when I testify in court as well.
Frank Long
