What do you think the most commonly broken laws are?

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07 Jul 2010, 11:39 pm

Probably speeding / traffic violations and music / media piracy. Jaywalking and littering probably come after that. Then dishonesty on tax forms, legal forms, and stuff like that. Underage drinking and illegal marijuana possession (also abuse of prescription drugs) are probably a little further down the list.

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08 Jul 2010, 2:17 am

Other than parking and speeding violations, my guess would be:

Drunkenness and (in those countries where the age of 'consent' is 18 or higher) probably statutory rape :idea: :arrow:

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08 Jul 2010, 6:44 am

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I've gotta say it...GRAVITY!

Honest to God, officer, it's awful.

I'll go for piracy and copyright violation.

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08 Jul 2010, 7:34 pm

Pirating and littering.

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08 Jul 2010, 9:33 pm

Coldkick wrote:

Kat15 wrote:

Definently underage drinking/smoking and drugs.

I saw a 7th grader smoking. IN PUBLIC wtf?

Purchasing the cigarettes is illegal, smoking them is not.

That is not true. State your source.

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10 Jul 2010, 2:31 am

Kat15 wrote:

Coldkick wrote:

Kat15 wrote:

Definently underage drinking/smoking and drugs.

I saw a 7th grader smoking. IN PUBLIC wtf?

Purchasing the cigarettes is illegal, smoking them is not.

That is not true. State your source.

It's not even the purchasing of them that is illegal for some - it is the sale of tobacco products to minors.
And smoking is against the law in many public places

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10 Jul 2010, 4:56 am

The law requiring all men to attend an hours archery practise on a Sunday morning.

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10 Jul 2010, 7:27 am

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The law requiring all men to attend an hours archery practise on a Sunday morning.

Oh, I'd love to do that.

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10 Jul 2010, 12:51 pm

Moog wrote:

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The law requiring all men to attend an hours archery practise on a Sunday morning.

Oh, I'd love to do that.

Not in my home town you wouldn't. The archery field no longer exists. It's site is currently a busy thoroughfare in the town centre. You'd get hit by a bus if you tried.

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10 Jul 2010, 3:52 pm

Wouldn't the obvious answer be speeding?

Think about it. I'd wager that 95% of the drivers on the roadways drive over the posted speed limits so that technically makes them breaking the law.

Not every one pirates stuff, not everyone you know litters... but probably everyone you know will drive over posted speed limit.

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10 Jul 2010, 4:00 pm

The ten commandments.

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10 Jul 2010, 4:07 pm

Drugs and DUIs.

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10 Jul 2010, 5:07 pm

Speeding

Then somewhere after that: piracy, illegal substance use, underaged sex

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10 Jul 2010, 5:44 pm

Pirating films and music.
I'm sure a lot of you here have done it once, come on don't lie.

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10 Jul 2010, 7:12 pm

"Intellectual property" "theft".
There are hundreds of tracks in another thread here linked to youtube, most of which aren't approved by the record companies, by listening to them it technically consitutes piracy, though it would never be punished.

Every person that has accessed the internet has done this, aside from the minority of the population of countries in which the site is blocked.

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10 Jul 2010, 7:28 pm

MONKEY wrote:

Pirating films and music.
I'm sure a lot of you here have done it once, come on don't lie.

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