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An idea caught me while in a debate earlier.

Have you ever committed a crime? What did you do? Did you know it was wrong when you did it? Have you committed the same crime since then? How do you rate the level of the crime?

Have you ever committed a crime?Many.
What did you do?Drove over the speed limit, consumed illegal substances... I'm sure there's others.
Did you know it was wrong when you did it?Yup.
Have you committed the same crime since then?Lots.
How do you rate the level of the crime?I don't, if I did I wouldn't commit 'em.

I have commited victimless crimes like using marijuana and minor traffic violations.

Yep I knew it was wrong.

committed them since.

I think that if it doesnt hurt anyone then it shouldnt be illegal. Not just physically hurt but financially.

Have you ever committed a crime? Sadly, yes.

What did you do? Well, for one, I have driven a car on the street while underage, and I am pretty sure I driven over the speed limit.

Did you know it was wrong when you did it? Yes I did.

Have you committed the same crime since then? Yes, I have driven illegally several times (though I'm legal now), and sped several times.

How do you rate the level of the crime? Speeding, in my opinion, is not bad unless you are an idiot with it. Speeding to weave in and out of traffic = bad. Speeding because everyone else is speeding and you'd get run over if you don't = good.

Driving illegaly is idiocy I endulged in; who knows what an even less than experienced and even more nervous than normal driver, such as me at the time, could have done?

Have you ever committed a crime?
Yes

What did you do?
Class A,B and C drugs. Download music, films. Burn them and sell them. Plus a few other really minor ones

Did you know it was wrong when you did it?
Mostly yes

Have you committed the same crime since then?
Yes. But I have stop downloading music and film.

How do you rate the level of the crime?[/QUOTE]
Low to medium.

-Have you ever committed a crime?
Sure.

-What did you do?
1 Stealing candy. Was caught and threatened.
2 Some traffic violations
3 Illegal substances.
4 Do you really think people will admit worse things? Hypothetically speaking ofcouse *cough*

-Did you know it was wrong when you did it?
1 Yes
2 Yes, but the end justified the means for me anyway.
3 Yes, but when laws are too harsh, they deserve to be broken.
4 Eee..yes..

-Have you committed the same crime since then?
1 No. Learnt my lesson. Except for mp3's if you want to be picky.
2 Some minor ones, usually out of inattention.
3 Yes, only what I consider soft now, occasionally.
4 Depends

-How do you rate the level of the crime?
1 Low.
2 Low. No one got hurt.
3 Low
4 Medium.

people have a moral duty to break bad laws

The way I see things, laws are meerly an inhibition of a specie's duty to reproduction and fulfillment. We'd be a lot happier without governmental laws, and would be able to reproduce a lot more efficiently without religious laws.

Fear me, I have done J-walking.

Yes, I've broken laws, I have continued to do so, and will accept the consequences if caught.

Yes, I've broken laws, I have continued to do so, and will accept the consequences if caught.
I have broken them too but I refuse to accept the consequences of state oppression

Have you ever committed a crime?
psh yeah. who hasnt?

What did you do?
age 13- consumed alchohol
age 12- drove
downloaded, burned, sold- music, movies, files, ect.
went into an R rated movie (meh) unsupervised
took candy from the "bulk" section of schnucks (who didnt?)

Did you know it was wrong when you did it?
yeah

Have you committed the same crime since then?
i dont like the taste of alchohol, but i did drink several times
im 15 and have a permit, but that was the only time it was illegal
continuously
only time. i honestly dont see TOO much difference between pg-13 and r. ive seen plenty of R's actually.
many times. but ive outgrown it.

How do you rate the level of the crime?
meaningless.

Nope, never committed a crime, not even a misdemeanor. Never loitered, littered, jaywalked or disobeyed traffic laws.

Surprisingly, I can't say I have except for low level vandalism.

An idea caught me while in a debate earlier.

Have you ever committed a crime? What did you do? Did you know it was wrong when you did it? Have you committed the same crime since then? How do you rate the level of the crime?

You kiddin' me? I think I commit crimes damn near daily ...

I download MP3s and share them with others, I deliberately smoke in non-smoking areas as a protest (hey ... I'll stop polluting your air with my cigarettes when you stop polluting my air with your car), I am a regular visitor on Al Qaeda related websites and am openly a Muslim "sympathizer" (which nowdays, yes, is a crime).

I will continue to do all of the above.

But almost everything is a crime.

But almost everything is a crime.

<checks to see whether criticism of society is illegal...>

Have you ever committed a crime? Yep, lots. What did you do? Class A, B and C drugs violations, illegal downloaded music and films (and sold pirated films on), physically attacked fascist meetings. Did you know it was wrong when you did it? I don't believe any of them were, or I wouldn't do it.Have you committed the same crime since then?Yep. How do you rate the level of the crime?Legally wrong but morally fine.