I am starting to get at feeling this list should be marked "illegal in the US".

Totally agree it should be legalised (under strict controls, obviously). Refusing a humane end to a suffering animal is rightly considered cruelty, so why do humans not get that same mercy when they need it?

Why is suicide redacted out?? Is it a curse word or insult in some strange part of the world?

It's allowed in Australia (except ACT), Austria, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.

We do it for our pets, why not people?

We do it for our pets. Why not people?

Problems with assisted suicide are around (a) persuading religious people to not lobby against it and (b) family using it to get rid of a sickly parent etc., to get the will and/or insurance. That being said I'd legalise it.

We have it legal in Colorado. Want it legal in your state/country start organizing and make it so.

As someone who watched their grandma wither away due to ALS and their stepdad die from stage 4 metastatic cancer, I am 100% in favor of PAS (physician assisted suicide). BUT only when it comes to terminal illnesses, but that is just my opinion. That being said, I wouldn't try and force that belief on anyone else who believes it should be used for other reasons.

Why is s.u.i.c.i.d.e censored? Is it a bad word or illegal or what?

This is actually legalized in several countries in Europe, we learned about it in middle school it's called euthanasia. The rules are basically it has to be humane, the patient has to be of sound mind, have a legitimate reason and have approved people there to sign off on everything and sort out the body afterwards.

In the Netherlands we have a controlled euthanasia program. However, whenever someone is terminally ill, or over 60, that person is often left to die. Nobody talks about it, but it happens all the time. And when you are over 80, you are denied essential care, for instance, when you break your elbow, or have breast cancer? You won't be entitled to surgery because you are too old. The funny thing is that the retiring age is getting up all the time because people live longer, but it doesn't mean that you get the care that goes with it. So, assisted suicide is humane, but the other side of the coin is when people are left to die when they were not ready yet.

In Canada we have MAID, Medically Assisted Intentional Death. It can either be done by IV injection. There is nothing traumatic about it. The person does just “go to sleep”. Some people choose to drink a mixture that will eventually do the same thing. It has strict steps to go through, and as a former nurse, the horrible deaths I have been present at, I’m all for it. They should have had the right to leave the pain and suffering. We had nothing back then.

Certainly a way for the health industry to save money while you insure your inheritance isn’t “wasted” on end of life care.

You don't need permission

Largely against it just because as we have seen in Canada, people have been ‘offered’ help to die for reasons such as being homeless or as an alternative to counselling for the depressed. For me it should be legalised only for the terminally physically ill and those with degenerative conditions never for mental health conditions

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The “sufficient cause” is where this falls apart. Some people will want to commit suicide just because they’re sad that their spouse left them or because they hate their job. And if you try to deny those people and allow it to other people, they will feel that it’s unfair and just go off themselves anyway, using the unfairness as additional fuel to the fire.

My food stamps were cut in half in March. Now I get $126 for the entire month. My SSI is $1200. Like many other people in this country, I can only afford one meal a day. Rather ironic, as I'm morbidly obese.

Texas is a crime.

Sadly they are controlled.

Where is this a crime? In Switzerland you can't be in the drivers seat but otherwise no problem...

What about vodka, gin, beer etc etc

Varies from country to country. In the UK jaywalking is not a thing, people walk on or cross roads wherever they want, it's just their responsibility to check for traffic first before stepping out

Surely the opposite would be a crime? Where is this illegal?

I have given away so many parking tickets that have time left on them. Where I live you can get 30 mins to 1hr free depending on the car park/street

Oh the humanity!

I think this should not only be legal, but actually *encouraged* - it helps preserve old software, prevents it from being lost to history.

Entire species were hunted to extinction (Arabian Ostrich) or near extinction (bald eagle) for their feathers. They had to make possession illegal because its way too easy to shoot a bird 1/2 mile from the nearest road and then claim you found the feathers on the ground.

"Is your lemonade made out of actual lemonade?" - "Are your scout cookies made out of actual scouts?"

Where is this a crime? That's crazy.

Prostitution should be legalized and taxed, just like any other business.

Illegal or the famous US HOA?

The crime here is that there was food thrown out that could have been passed on to someone who needs it.

Worth noting that being gay in ‘most’ countries was still illegal well into the 1900’s, from memory I think it was decriminalised as late as 1996 in Germany. So to my mind we shouldn’t be pointing fingers at developing countries for their ideas, religions and beliefs because we are only talking between what 25-75 years ago when ‘we’ held similar ideas.

I see nothing wrong with this, we throw too much ok stuff away

It's clothing. It's there to keep you covered and protect you from the elements. What shape it comes in should be completely up to the wearer.

no you cannot sell alcohol without a trade certificate

Public parks have "opening hours"?

How else do you make it a Funday?

If being in a religion is okay, then not being in one should be too. Forcing people into a religion tends to have the opposite effect…

the other way around is just called business

Jesus that's a bit extreme

We have a certain religion here where I live that don't work on Sunday's. But of course they will go to church then go out for brunch afterward and make other people work even though they HIGHLY judge people who work on Sunday. I work in Healthcare there are no days off. My friends say "I better not treat them if they come in on Sunday lest I will be judged." Of course she was being sarcastic.

Don’t quite understand this one. Is OP saying it SHOULD be a crime when cops go undercover?

Shouldn't the traffic move at speed limit? Just asking.

So, you can jaywalk if there ARE cars on the road?

Businesses are harmed if your "existing" as you call it makes their location less desirable to shop or do business in. A lot of these "victimless" crimes sound like they were written by people who never considered the other person's point of view.