Societies are built on the balance between right and wrong. Cliché as it may be, we all need something more than our personal moral compass to guide us along. After all, we all have different perceptions, but the law—outright and clear—allows us to navigate society.
Every child is taught what's fundamentally good and what isn't. But what happens when people start looking for loopholes? Well, people on Reddit raised an interesting question about what should be considered illegal from their point of view, even if the thing or action is not explicitly forbidden by the law.
People jumped at the chance to criticize anything from laws to societal structures; children's beauty pageants didn't escape without scathing comments thrown their way and the governmental ruling sparked more than one discussion. Someone even raised a very valid question about Naboo's blockade (if you know, you know).
The Reddit thread, started by user Musuhubber, caught the attention of more than 68K redditors, with 36K comments. And the issues that are being discussed are quite valid or, at the very least, the thread is a good place to vent after your day was disturbed by an unasked-for solicitor.
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In the US, people going bankrupt and losing their homes over medical bills.
Oh yes, and the people defending the healthcare system that's great when you're either healthy or rich.
Dog ear cropping and cat declawing edit I'm in the USA and a registered veterinary nurse. It's brutal
If someone does this at home on their pet, they should be charged with felony animal abuse. I've heard of pit bull owners actually using scissors! Grr. Also, backyard breeding should be banned & person caught doing so without a license should be jailed & fined.
Child marriage
Ugh, yes, I read a story a while back where a 12 year old was marrying a 30 year old man. It's disgusting, it makes me sad even thinking of it.
Congress members being able to trade stocks at the same time they are receiving intelligence and passing laws that could effect the performance of said stocks.
I'd agree with the idea, that politicians who get sponsored need to wear the logo of the person paying them. It's normal in sports, it should be normal in politics. I'd love to know who got bought by whom.
Child beauty pageants
I 100% agree, I f*****g hate child beauty pageants. A lot of the time it seems to be the mums that want it and not the actual kids. And don’t get me started on the stage mums that wax their kids eyebrows, dress them provocatively, cake on the makeup like a cheap hooker, teaching their kids that looks are everything and they have to fit a certain mould, spray tanning them in the colour of an Oompa Loompa, padding the chest area, promoting plastic surgery and more. These are kids for Christ sakes, if the parents want to be in a beauty pageant then they should go ahead but a beauty pageant is not a place for kids. Especially when they don’t have the cognitive ability to think of the consequences.
Wages for fulltime jobs that don't even cover basic living costs.
I am Security in Canada trying to get enough experience to work for the Govt, and even with Covid going on None of us got extra pay. At 41 Im making the same wage I did at 23.
Marital rape and "honor killings" in countries like the one I live in (generally the middle east). Most of that stuff is in the process of being banned now (thank God)
Many 'peaceful religion' countries put even homosexuals and apostates to death.
Sweatshop labor outsourced by tech and Fortune 500 companies. It’s essentially contemporary slavery we collectively allow.
Ricky Gervais put it perfectly - Apple product manufacturing outsourced company's 18 employees (Foxconn) committed suicide. Apple makes products which are heavily marked up. It's a trillion dollar company. Yet sanctimonious celebs have no problem working for Apple TV. People have more problem with Amazon than they do with Apple!
Not the worst thing, but it used to be illegal for commercials on TV to be louder than the actual show but not any longer suddenly.
Ugh, this one annoys me so bloody much. Especially when I am wearing headphones watching catch up tv.
Selling textbooks at ridiculous prices.
I would add "editing those textbooks in one or two little ways every year so that the students can't buy last year's used textbooks since they 'aren't the correct edition'"
Conversion therapy. "Hey, let's make children hate themselves so much that they'll either lie about who they are for the smallest crumbs of validation or just commit sucde! Either way that's one less gay to worry about!" Now excuse me as I go throw up.
For profit prisons.
Because you will get this: A company that has operated a private prison in Estancia [New Mexico] for nearly three decades has announced it will close the Torrance County Detention Facility and lay off more than 200 employees unless it can find 300 state or federal inmates to fill empty beds within the next 60 days, according to a statement issued Tuesday by county officials. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/1/1686101/-Private-for-profit-prison-threatens-to-close-unless-government-finds-them-more-prisoners
"We've investigated ourselves and decided we didn't do anything wrong".
No, in the US Internal Affairs is hated by regular officers, and in Canada it is done by Civilians who are a third party.
A parent keeping their kid from the other parent when there’s no good reason to and leveraging the courts to do it.
YES, YES, YES. Parents should NEVER use their child as a p**n in a custody game or lie and manipulate to get what they want. You have to be completely selfish to do things like that, only thinking of yourself and getting revenge and not what is right for the child and their needs/wants etc.
Impossibly hard to cancel subscriptions.
Most European countries have laws against this. In the Netherlands you must be able to unsubscribe as easily and in the same way as you subscribe. Companies that are failing to do so can expect hefty fines.
Unskippable Double ads
I wouldn't mind the ads so much if the robot overlord could use its AI powers to figure out that I don't want to buy a damn Buick, and I won't drink shitty alcohol!
Being forced to fork up your personal data and access to EVERYTHING in your phone to use a stupid app that makes a picture of your dog sing. It should not be allowed at all
The point theyre trying to make is EVERY APP DOES THIS! Even AVG anti virus wants to be allowed to look at your texts and change what happens on your phone. None of them need to be able to do anything or see anything on your phone. It isnt even things they could relate to advertising to you
Putting unrelated crap into bills to sneak it into law. I know they're supposed to follow some kind rules related to germaneness, but they clearly don't, and clearly need actual laws with actual punishments for pulling this crap.
Being rude to someone who is just trying to do their job
"Karens should be illegal" is what I get from this and I love it XD
College book prices and practices.
Change a few words in a math book, that'll be another $100 please.
Oh you realized that you can use the book from 10 years ago and succeed? Actually we require you get the new book.
Oh you realized you can get the book cheaper from a friend? Actually we're doing online books now and you need the personalized code. We change it every year even though there have been no breakthroughs in this subject!
Knowing the college struggle i have no f****** clue how this is allowed to exist. It should literally be illegal.
Even pharma companies frequently add a supplement to a medicine, apply for patent and sell for an increased cost.
Big businesses lobbying politicians in order to get bills passed in their favor.
No-knock warrants. We've seen time and time again where Law Enforcement has the wrong address and some innocent person ends up dead because of a logistical mistake.
I'm just gonna have to say little girl's beauty pageants. It just doesnt sit right with me. And not only because of the fact it's creepy, but I feel like it's stressful on the kid and on their body image.
Being penalized for calling out sick from work. Edit. Even while the whole world is trying to survive this pandemic, we’re still dealing with this major issue by employers. I work in health care, and I feel like I get shamed by my managers and coworkers when you call out. Especially when you work night shift.
People who work for different parts of the Canadian Govts get to use their sick days for going on trips. Have to use them up, and also get General Illness so theyre paid just a tiny bit less while being off work and could go on for years
Robo Calls. Bothering someone with something THEY paid for
Hearing a honking sound in a radio commercial
Our media driving a wedge between the populace to fuel division in order to satisfy ratings, purely for the purpose of entertainment and profit. Not facts.
The troubled teen industry. Parents pay a company to kidnap kids while they're sleeping and send them off to "therapeutic" boarding schools where they are abused in every conceivable way. It's f******
Marriage. Specifically a 14 y/o getting married to a 40 y/o with the parents constent. Thats just wrong
With the parents consent or being forced by the parents? I strongly doubt many 14 year olds find a man that age attractive. Either way it shouldn't be allowed.
Old legally blind folks driving cars!
thats true, should be some sort of mandatory eyesight examination after certain age in order to keep a license. Had once from 80yo driver: "oops, sorry, but it's just a scratch, no big deal, you will repaint it for 20$" which actually costed insurance 700 bucks full door repaint and dent reparation. His vision wasn't even good enough to see what he did :))
Pay-day loan practices. Technically not illegal, but hella predatory.
Pay-day loans are userous, therefore illegal... Laws are not enforced...
Scam calls and solicitation calls. I swear they USED to be illegal at one point.
Spice/K2/Synthetic Weed. This may have changed in the last few years but I found it embarrassing that our country locks up thousands for actual marijuana but allowed that s*** to be sold at every gas station and liquor store knowing damn good and well that it was hurting and killing people.
THIS! I worked inpatient psych for years. People with cannabis-induced psychosis (yes, it's real, it can happen but it's not terribly common) get better. I have never seen anyone with K2-induced psychosis (much, much more common among K2 users) get better. It is far better to use the cannabis nature intended.
The fact car radio commercials are allowed to have police sirens or car crashes in them as a way to Get your attention
I cant reply to Jeff so might as well say something. Jeff I was driving one day and I heard a siren on the radio. making me slow down so they can pass. I ended up causing a bit of a traffic jam thanks to that Tim button moxie auto sales commercial
Groom your stepdaughter for over a decade, then when she's 18, divorce her mom and hook up with your stepdaughter.
i think one that should have been in there is that schools charging kids for feild trips think of the kids who cant pay
I went to a private elementary school (catholic), and I definitely remember them 'overlooking' those students who couldn't pay the fee. It's really the right thing to do.
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What about Donald Trump? he should never have been president. What about female gential mutilation? What about anti-abortion? What about people like Sir Philip Green who allowed BHS to go bankrupt, stole all the pension fund yet still retains his knighthood? What about bank charges? I could go on....but maybe not.
What about female genital mutilation? which is illegal, unlike MGM...
Load More Replies...i think one that should have been in there is that schools charging kids for feild trips think of the kids who cant pay
I went to a private elementary school (catholic), and I definitely remember them 'overlooking' those students who couldn't pay the fee. It's really the right thing to do.
Load More Replies...I hate how a black woman got killed for sleeping but a white old man who buys kidnapped little girls will get 2 year’s jail time
What about Donald Trump? he should never have been president. What about female gential mutilation? What about anti-abortion? What about people like Sir Philip Green who allowed BHS to go bankrupt, stole all the pension fund yet still retains his knighthood? What about bank charges? I could go on....but maybe not.
What about female genital mutilation? which is illegal, unlike MGM...
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