NationStates Jolt Archive

What laws have you made up, or came up with that are oppressive in a funny way? What laws have you seen in real life that are kinda funny yet oppressive? Like the Saudi anti-x laws.

ICly I have:

Banned ice cream for a while and made buying it illegal yet still aloud it to be sold, so cops with bullet body armor and assault rifles are seen gunning down children.

Confiscated all civilian vehicles that aren't clown cars once

Banned freedom of speech in the name of freedom

Executed people with large toasters, by nailing people to large pieces of bread then sent their roasted remains to cannibal tribes for "humanitarian aid"

Executed people by using Weebls stuff cartoons to annoy those executed to death

I prefer things to be a bit more... subtle:

Rejistania has banned all unfree software.

For a long time, the best possible internet connection was 14.4 kb/s.

Having no money in Kalisimu is an offense which costs a fine of 5000 Lil'kansu'ny (a bit less than 5 USD)

All wars shall be prank wars. All fights shall be pie fights. *nod*

In capitalist McCountry, oil drills you.

How about buildings have to be built from the top down?

Try and figure out where that came from...guess...guess. Okay this should make it REALLY easy: People have to break their eggs from the samll end.

we do not find oppression amusing. we have often been considered unamusing our selves for not doing so. this has not prompted us to chainge our ways.

it is against our constitution to legislate morality.
it is also against our constitution to enact any law that outlaws the possession of anything.

we do however, outlaw the sale, mass production or importation of the fallowing items: private passinger automobiles and balistic fire arms.

people are of course perfectly free to make such items for themselves, never more then three of them total in their lifetime. of course this means aquiring the skills neccessary to do so, which are very useful in a good many other ways.

there are of course also, no paved roads wide enough for cars to drive on, nor fueling stations for them, nor is there any place one can purchase ready made amo for guns.

but there are lots of wonderful little trains and monorails and most of them are completely free.

every town and village fallows its own lights economicly and idiologicly.
most use a nonmonitary system common throught the land based on craftufacturing libraries and mathom houses and a modified form of potlatching. but each does so in their own way and a few actualy use their own sorts of local currency, generaly only recognized in its own village or town.

of course disturbing the peace is a serious fellony. but there's nothing to stop you from going where there isn't anyone's peace to disturb.

the only thing local governments are not allowed to do is prevent anyone from leaving and going someplace else.

political parties and campaigning are outlawed, there simply arn't any. and there aren't any such thing as corporations in a purely economic sense either. not even "state-corporations".

there are infrastructural organizations, but these are run more like hobby clubs.

people are only allowed to build fences within line of sight of the center of the area to be fenced, and no two adjacent fenced areas are allowed to be contiguous without provision for public passage between them.

it is aggainst the law to obstruct the passage of public transport for prolonged periods or otherwise in any way endanger it or those making use of it.

it is within the rights of everyone to remove persons, object or other creatures from doing so, by whatever nonleathal method neccessary.

this also applies to sources of sound which any feels to be robbing their freedom of thought.

erotic activity which takes place in public is not unlawful but is considered to be the property of the public and thus the public may not lawfully be excluded from participating. (which means you don't HAVE to "get a room" but if you don't want your personal tryst to turn into a public orgy, it sortof might be a good idea)

there is no "age of majority" but contracts entered into by less then nine year olds are not usualy considered legaly binding. the only age based laws that are constitutional are that persons between the ages of three and twelve attend lower school and that food and shelter be provided for them.

generaly this is considered the obligation of local villages and neighborhoods, as their parents cannot always be located.

after the nine years of lower school a two year sabatical before entering upper school is required. transportation and every courtesy within reason is extended to persons on this sabatical which is a tradition called pujush.

all education, including upper school, which elsewhere would be called university or college, is completely free, and information hording is unlawful, thus there are no patents and no such thing as propriatory information.

there is only one way to keep a secret anyway, and that is to not tell anyone.

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Income tax

silly laws (http://www.main.com/~anns/other/humor/sillylaws.html)

USA- Pennsylvania
Sleeping on the fridge is punishable by fines, doing it in Pittsburgh gets jail time.

Singing in the shower = illegal.

South Korea
All police officers must report traffic bribes they recieve.

I used to runa website named NSVI... I know so many dumb laws...

Thou Shall not kill...What a stupid idea...:headbang:

In canada, if a payment is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it in pennies.

USA, Pennsylvania- It is illegal to sleep on top of a Refrigerator out of doors.
(And that's one of my favorite hobbies!)

USA, Cape Coral, Florida- It is against the city ordinance to hang your clothes outside on a clothesline.

USA, Haims, Alaska- It is against the law to attempt to break any law.

USA, Alaska- It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.


U.K., York-Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.


Canada- It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.

China- To go to college you must be intelligent.

South Korea- Traffic police are required to report all bribes that they receive from motorists.

Norway- Licenses must be bought in order to own television sets, and even VCRs.

Cambodia- Water guns may not be used in New Year's celebrations.

Switzerland- Though it is illegal to produce, store, sell and trade absinth it is legal to drink

Israel, Haifa- It is forbidden to bring bears to the beach.

USA, New Jersey-It is illegal to wear a bullet proof vest while committing murder.

Pie was illegal for 16 years in Britain during the rule of John Calvin, during this time underground pie rings made the equivalent of billions.

Norway-You can't own a TV, a VCR, or a DVD player without a license.

USA, Arizona- Camel hunting is unlawful.

USA, New York- It is illegal to sell a haunted house without informing the buyer.

USA- Census Information must remain confidential for 72 years.

USA- Virginia, Motorists are allowed to keep their road kill as long as they report it 12 hours after hitting it.

USA- Idaho, It is illegal to give a box of candy weighing more than 50 pounds to another person.

France- Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, 70% of music on the radio must be by French artists.

Scotland- If someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your commode, you must let them enter.

South Africa- Bloemfontein, Young people wearing bathing suits are prohibited from sitting less than 12 inches apart.

Canada- Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.

USA- Delaware, It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.

USA- Florida, The state constitution allows for freedom of speech, a trial by jury, and pregnant pigs to not be confined in cages.

China-Beijing, Drivers of power-driven vehicles who stop at pedestrian crossings are liable to a fine of up to five yuan, or a warning.

Italy- A man may be arrested for wearing a skirt.

Germany- You may serve a prison sentence for up to 2 years for naming your child Judas.

U.K., York-Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow.

It is also legal to shoot a Scotsman on a Sunday in York should he pass wind.

In many states, it is illegal to whistle underwater.

In Texas, when two trains are traveling in opposite directions along the same track, each must come to a full stop, and neither can proceed until the other has gone.

In Canton, Mississippi, it was decreed that a new jail would be built out of the material of the old jail, and that the old jail would continue to be used until the new jail was completed.

Until 1994 it was illegal to speak English in Illinois. The only official recognised language was 'American'.

In the United States it is illegal to mail children by parcel post. (Apparently first class is fine, though?)

In Connecticut a pickle is not legally a pickle unless it bounces.

Likewise, in the EU a banana is not legally a banana unless it is curved beyond a certain angle.

One town in Minnesota banned men with moustaches from kissing women.

One can be fined $500 for detonating a nuclear weapon in a certain California city. (By whom?)

There are plenty more I can't think of right now.... and this is just the USA (except for the one EU ruling).

Pie was illegal for 16 years in Britain during the rule of John Calvin, during this time underground pie rings made the equivalent of billions.

When, prey tell, did Calvin rule Britain?

Likewise, in the EU a banana is not legally a banana unless it is curved beyond a certain angle.

Nope, you've got that back to front. Any banana which displays 'abnormal curvature' is classified as a type II banana.

Executed people by using Weebls stuff cartoons to annoy those executed to death

Executees, right? Clarification man strikes again!

In canada, if a payment is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it in pennies.

Canada- It is illegal to kill a sick person by frightening them.

Canada- Citizens may not publicly remove bandages.
1 - Not really enforced. Just ask any Tim Hortens employee (former or current). We need all the pennies we can get! It is generally left up to the merchant.

2 - That one is funny. I haven't heard of that happening.

3 - I haven't been arrested yet.

Richmond Hill, ONT - you can't park your car over the side walk when you park on the extended part of the driveway, bit you are allowed to hang the bumper onto the road, or park sideways.

This one place in America, I think it's in Vermont or New Hampshire (Might be the states themselves) throwing knives at men wearing striped suits is prohibited. SPECIFICALLY.

Silly law - Alabama passing a law allowing people out of state to come here and purchase guns, after the VT incident.

It's not a law, but in the UK cakes are legally defined (by the courts) as being soft and going hard on exposure to air, and biscuits the reverse.

Silly law - Alabama passing a law allowing people out of state to come here and purchase guns, after the VT incident.

Sweet Firearm Dealer Alabama!

Sweet Firearm Dealer Alabama!
And they still can't pass a law letting people buy beer on Sundays.