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Well, although there is a need for public decency, some laws just go too far. This has to be corrected, and they have to begin somewhere.
Since it was a Supreme Court ruling, all of those laws were struck down. At least, thats what I read in the paper.
Not only that, but when you go to the Supreme Court, they aren’t looking to see if you are guilty or not- but rather if the law is right or not. They have the right to change these laws.
Bad news, however. I won’t post a link to BOB since it’s against the rules, but if you go there you’ll see there is a group of conservationists who didn’t like that change in laws and now wants the old law back again, in name of “family, respectable things” & stuff like that.
Up to five years in prison for shooting a penny?!
A fine for stopping to let pedestrians pass?!
“It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.”?!
“Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.”?!
“Placing a postage stamp that bears the Queen (or King) upside down is considered treason.”?!?!?!
“Interfering with the mail or sleeping with the consort of the Queen is classed as treason, and as such, carries a maximum penalty of death.” OK…
“Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.” O_o
Nul, usually by accident. I believe the suing gay couple was caught getting it on when police arrived on the scene because of some erroneous tip to a burglary.
Anyway, I’m VERY pleased, seeing as how I plan on moving to Dallas for reasons obvious to anyone who puts up with me, and I think everyone’s aware I’m not the straightest arrow in the quiver of life either.
A little old news and it doesn’t just concern homosexuals, but people who might want to experiment… It was absurd people be prosecuted for laws like that. It seems like it violates due process as well as right to privacy and stuff.
“Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.”
Seattle
“Women who sit on men’s laps on buses or trains without placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term.”
And…
“It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.”
Spokane
“Persons may not wear a life jacket near the Spokane River.”
Wilbur
“You may not ride an ugly horse.”
Oh, and take a look at this one!
Law: A law to reduce crime states: “It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.”
Country: USA
State: Washington
Explanation: This law was set up to cub an ever increasing crime rate in the area. Due to its sheer stupidity, however, it is needless to say that the law has affected nothing.
And Hawaii…
“All residents may be fined as a result of not owning a boat.”
“Coins are not allowed to be placed in one’s ears.”
Ah, Florida!
“It is considered an offense to shower naked.”
“You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers.”
And in the city of Tampa…
“Lap dances must be given at least six feet away from a patron.” How they can do that is beyond me…
Originally posted by Manus Dei “Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.”
Undoubtedly a mediaeval law, passed sometime when England was at war with Scotland (beginning in 1296), or feared an invasion, which was anytime between 1314 (Battle of Bannockburn) and 1587 (Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots). Most commonfolk had access to long bows from fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries, because the nobles needed to make sure that they could draw on a large resource of longbowmen for their armies.