Are you commiting a crime?

[Rik Meleet]

New Mexico: • State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
Isn't censoring Shakespeare illegal ?

 

[BCLG100]

New Mexico: • State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
Isn't censoring Shakespeare illegal ?

isnt cutting 400 words from Romeo and Juliet cutting a fair portion of the play?

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

Terrorists should note:

The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.

Some of these are false, however, for example this one:

In California it is illegal to have caller ID.

 

[Mirc]

I've heard of censoring old plays and it's stupid to do so IMO.

 

[Louis XXIV]

New Mexico: • State officials ordered 400 words of "sexually explicit material" to be cut from Romeo and Juliet.
Isn't censoring Shakespeare illegal ?

No its not illegal.

I remember reading that most Shakespear plays have been censored in the past because of their content. The fact that some of the only surviving copies aren't originals can add confusion to what Shakespear actually wrote.

 

[LLXerxes]

Virginia

• In Radford, VA you are not allowed to spit, loogie, puke or urinate on the streets.
If I lived in Radford, I'd get arrested on 3 counts of 'Street Vandalism'

• Citizens must honk their horn while passing other cars.
That's why the others always honk at us

• In Newport it's against the law to tickle a girl under her chin with a feather duster in order to get her attention.
I'll never get the attention of those Norfolk girls now

• A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards, not inside the houses.
That's why I take showers

• If one is not married, it is illegal for him to have sexual relations.
• You may not have oral or anal sex.
But Virginia liscence plates tell me 'Virginia is for Lovers'...

• Norfolk: Spitting on a sea gull is not tolerated. A man may face 60 days in jail for patting a woman's derriere. Women must wear a corset after sundown and be in the company of male chaperone.
Seagull spitting is my favorite recreational activity...

• Waynesboro: It is illegal for a woman to drive a car up Main Street unless her husband is walking in front of the car waving a red flag.
I thought that was only the Waynesboro Main-Street parade, but apparently I'm wrong...

• Richmond: It is illegal to flip a coin in a restaurant to see who pays for a coffee.
Fascinating...

 

[Swiss Bezerker]

I'm breaking the following rules of Virginia


I just realized how Southern Virginia actually is, they have one law prohibiting

Dayton's in Ohio

 

[Till]

• A man with a moustache may never kiss a woman in public.

That'll teach the lazy bums to shave!

• Horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants in Marshalltown, Iowa.

About time somebody did something about it! It's bad for the horses' digestion.

• If a law enforcement officer is having a drink in a bar in Iowa and an employee pours water down the drain, the water is legally considered an alcohol beverage intended for unlawful purposes.

Cops turning water into booze! I'm off to Iowa!

 

[Perfection]

Dayton's in Ohio

Not this Dayton.

 

[RameNoodle]

• In Chicago it is also illegal to take a French poodle to the opera, and for women over 200 pounds (90 kilos) to ride horses in shorts.
Actually, this is the law in the town I live in, Gurnee. God, its a good thing that cop didn't see me and my girlfriend out there.

 

[SoCalian]

The sad thing is that something has to have promted the writing of these laws.