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Laws are there to protect us, but some of them are just silly. You may even have broken them without being aware of it because some of the things that are punishable just seem so innocent. Or maybe you know that those things are against the law but you don’t feel like morally you’re doing something wrong.

Of course, morals are a subjective thing, but some laws do really fall into the grey area. Redditors were discussing the very topic of what is illegal by the book but they wouldn’t consider it wrong ethically.

Almost 40k people liked the thread and 18k people joined the conversation. In this list you will find people’s opinions of what illegal activities aren’t so bad that many redditors agreed upon. We would like you to join the discussion and leave your thoughts about the topic in the comments!

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30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Exposing the crimes of the government

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Being gay is still illegal in a lot of countries but it really shouldn’t be.

    june-bug-69 , Steve Baker Report

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    IttyBitty
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of my relatives think that living in an orphanage is better for a child than being adopted by a gay couple, that gay people deserve zero representation on TV and should see therapists throughout their lives. I'm so disgusted by these opinions

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Jay walking and crossing the street on a red lights, as a pedestrian, when there are no cars around.

    Taking food, from an employer, that was about to get thrown away anyway

    ChibiSailorMercury , Elvert Barnes Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Paying for someone else’s parking meter

    PunMatster , Fuzzy Gerdes Report

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    James016
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes in car parks motorists give others their tickets if there is a good amount of time on them. Someone pays for to park for 4 hours but only stays for 2. They give someone coming into the car park their ticket and someone gets 2 hours free

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    #7

    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” You can not own more then 75 salamanders in the state of Illinois, how tf am I gonna start salamander trafficking now. F**k Illinois

    HalfEasy , Richard Masoner Report

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    ShriSha Kamboj
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    u cant OWN......they r free to visit..n stay overnight, n also I prolly can like foster them or smth....NOT OWN

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Drinking a beer while 20 years old - bonus points if you’re home on leave from legally fighting in a war for your country

    TrumpImpeachedInJuly , Matthew Hurst Report

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    Terilee Bruyere
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS! If the government considers you old enough to go to war then they should d@mn well let you have a bloody beer.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Opposition in my country

    Russian_bearboy , Michał Siergiejevicz Report

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    ShriSha Kamboj
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the government will say freedom to thought...but u cant think against us, or dislike our favorite ice cream, or think about how v r wrong

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Handing out water to people waiting in line to vote

    scotty6chips , Eden, Janine and Jim Report

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    Robert T
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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, why the **** are you queueing to vote? There seems to be some kind of weird strategy in the States to make it as hard as possible to cast your vote. In the UK we normally close schools for polling day and turn them into polling stations - lots of them - and they are open from about 8am until 10pm. And on top of that we have a postal voting system as well, that is completely free (you don't have to pay postage and you can post it back from any post box).

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Living off the grid without a permit

    RevDLB , vincelaconte Report

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They just want to make sure that sewage and water is going to be dealt with properly and not just a bucket thrown in the woods and water from a stream full of bugs and other things.

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    #13

    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Downloading scientific papers from Sci-hub.

    Tropical_Geek1 , catherinecronin Report

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    Bunzilla
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Extra ridiculous when I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that the original authors of said papers never see any of the money collected from their hard work!

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Pirating media that isn't available for purchase in your area. You weren't going to get my money either way.

    Aarondhp24 , Michelle Hofstrand Report

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    James016
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Media licensing is just weird. Make your content available everywhere ffs.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Downloading Roms of old games. We all know you don't own any of those games, but if companies aren't willing to rerelease them then it should be good to download roms online.

    SuccessDisastrous625 , Carter and Cat Report

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    James016
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep. I have a BBC Micro emulator and a load of games. Most of the companies that made the games have went out of business years ago.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Collecting rain water

    Miserable-Narwhal217 , Edsel Little Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” In many municipalities, "tiny" homes are illegal

    CrazyOkie , Matt Simon Report

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Government trying to stop landlords renting tiny homes to people resulting in inhumane living conditions. Think Japanese coffin homes.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Credentialing laws for things that don’t carry much danger if you do them incorrectly, for example requiring a license to be a florist.

    ResponsibleAd2541 , antonio Report

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    Vicky Z
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But this is something that has to do with protecting the profession and the salary and the rights! Not only with the danger! However license for florist never heard it before

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Withdrawal of care in terminal illness in some places unfortunately

    analog_or_digital_ok , Rick Kimpel Report

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    jk nbt
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    allowing nature to take its course is not unethical. If someone is unrecoverably terminally ill and incompetent like in a long-term coma, the removal of artificial life support that is keeping them alive is not wrong ethically. Allow some time like 10-30 days to see if they can come out of their coma on their own. This can happen. There is no compelling ethical reason to keep someone in an unrecoverable coma indefinitely on artificial life support. Let them move on to heaven and a better life. It is actually wrong to forcibly hold them back. It is however wrong to do anything to cause an untimely death like euthanasia.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Eating/ purchasing kinder eggs in the united States

    abarua01 , Coralie Ferreira Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” It is illegal for restaurants in Kansas to sell Cherry pie a la mode on Sunday.

    Spurgeons_Beard , Eden, Janine and Jim Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” in Germany it’s illegal to put hands on the steering wheel (as a passenger) even if the driver is unconscious

    Idk_906 , Franco Lautieri Report

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    Steffen Rehm
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh, it is not really illegal. but you should have a good explanation, when something happens because of that. It calls "Gefährlicher Eingriff in den Straßenverkehr" and is punished with a max of 3 years in prison and/or a fine.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Dual citizen (in some countries)

    HalalWave , catherinecronin Report

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    Nevid
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ryan, being a citizen of a country doesn't mean pledging allegiance to that country.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Choosing which public school your kid goes to, tons of ppl I know moved within the same town but 10 minutes farther, so they were meant to go to a different school, but my friends all used the old address so they could finish the year with everyone they knew

    SadOccasion , ThoseGuys119 Report

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happens all over the world. I used my parents address, some people use friends addresses.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Loitering.

    "You can't stand here"

    Whaaat?

    analest-analyst , David Owen Report

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    Vicky Z
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can somehow understand that! Sometimes people are standing talking loud and drinking at the steps of houses leaving garbage behind and making noise....

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Jumping off a park bench is a federal offence.

    SpaceDough , Emilian Robert Vicol Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Playing on a playground after it closes, usually after 8 or 9pm

    stinkycats86 , M&R Glasgow Report

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No insurance and the municipality doesn’t want to get sued when they can’t afford to pay out.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” In a lot of states, you can just slam on your brakes at will, let someone rear end you, and they will be at fault in the eyes of the law.

    Hollywood899 , Didier Lahousse Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Making an adaptation of a piece of media from your grandparents' childhood without a licence because the creator passed away less than 75 years ago.

    MrLuxarina , Tristan Ferne Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Upgrading my old trucks exhaust with modern emissions products is a felony. I have to make it as s***ty as it was when it was built. Vented gas cap instead of charcoal canister, vented valve covers instead of a vacuum pcv for crank case blow by. And cant put on a modern obd ii catalytic converter, its a felony.

    slappyMcFunbuns , Zaskoda Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Making photocopies of sheet music.

    Some people may disagree with me

    thedeathbypig , Les Chatfield Report

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    Niall Mac Iomera
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This bugged the crap out of me when I was leading a high school orchestra. Sure, we'll buy the legit score for $120 or whatever, but why shouldn't I be able to make copies? The kids rarely take good care of their sheet music, and even the ones that do have to add all their notes to it. Such a scam

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Pirating adobe products

    spliblo Report

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    Nikki Sevven
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are loads of free alternatives to Adobe products. If you use Photoshop, download Gimp. It works exactly the same. The only thing you can't do (last time I checked) was work in CMYK mode, which isn't that big of a deal unless you do a lot of print work.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Make changes to your house/property without a permit.

    weasel_meister , Rebecca Siegel Report

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    Libstak
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This could have l9ng term safety issues and it would be immoral not to consider the impact on others.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” You will probably get a ticket if you stop traffic to hurry along a family of ducks.

    throwingplaydoh , aaron_anderer Report

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    Libstak
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Melbourne every spring a family of ducks and ducklings have received a police escort from the botanical gardens to Albert park lake across 2 main busy roads. Or at least they used to, I can't be sure the ducks still do this move in recent years.

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” Cutting the do not remove tag off a mattress.

    Stewart_Duck , Chris Winters Report

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    30 Answers Folks In This Online Group Had To The Question “What Is Something That Is Illegal But Isn’t Wrong Ethically?” In some states, leaving the doors on discarded refrigerators.

    It is literally illegal to leave a fridge at a scrapyard without first removing the doors.

    Some might say that leaving the doors on your discarded refrigerator is not morally wrong.

    mrtibbles32 , Jeffrey Bary Report

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    Frances M
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is to stop kids and animals getting the door stuck behind them and suffocating to death.

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