18 Things That Are Illegal, But Not Ethically Wrong

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18 Things That Are Illegal, But Not Ethically Wrong

Law is mostly for the good of the general people. But there are some things that people think are unjustifiably prohibited.

By Toonacious

Published 11 months ago in Facepalm

Law is mostly for the good of the general people. But there are some things that people think are unjustifiably prohibited. Let's look at what Redditors think are illegal things that aren't necessarily immoral.

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"Playing on a playground after it closes, usually after 8 or 9pm." - stinkycats86

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"Sleeping in your car." - why_yer_vag_so_itchy

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"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

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"Making an adaptation of a piece of media from your grandparents' childhood without a licence because the creator died less than 75 years ago." - MrLuxarina

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"Downloading college ebooks instead of spending $400 dollars on the latest version which all they did was change the spelling of a few words, and called v87.12458281648391846 of the book, and require it for your college class, even though they only use a single paragraph from chapter 13 which is a quote from a $5 book they offer in most bookstores. And then fail you from the class if you have v87.12458281648391845 instead." - Knightraiderdewd

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"Downloading scientific papers from Sci-hub." - Tropical_Geek1

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"Taking food from dumpsters." - thingstooverthink

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"Making photocopies of sheet music. Some people may disagree with me." - thedeathbypig

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"Living off the grid without a permit" - RevDLB

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"Paying for someone else’s parking meter" - PunMatster

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"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

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"Pirating media that isn't available for purchase in your area. You weren't going to get my money either way." - Aarondhp24

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"Loitering in a park. I've always wondered why this is illegal in some places. The point of a park is to loiter."

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"Withdrawal of care in terminal illness in some places unfortunately." - analog_or_digital_ok

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"In many municipalities, tiny homes are illegal." - CrazyOkie

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"Choosing which public school your kid goes to, tons of people I know moved within the same town but 10 minutes further, 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