What is the most harmless "crime"?
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Godwynn
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nonconformist
Miserable
Posession and use of drugs.
azzaman333
meh
Marijuana. Its a relatively harmless drug, even compared to legal drugs such as alcahol and tobacco.
Still doesn't make gay marriage illegal, just says that it isn't really marriage. Big difference. Yes, it is very dumb, but it really isn't the same as outlawing it.
Abaddon
Deity
walking on the grass
aneeshm
Deity
Speaking the truth.
azzaman333
meh
But you could hurt the grass! Think of the grass!!!
If you were in a drought, you'd understand. (well, probably not, but whatever
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Abaddon
Deity
come on, i have to win with that one.... what lesser laws are there?
CartesianFart
Deity
Then i'll say that growing marijuana in your own backyard is harmless.
Abaddon
Deity
What if your neigbours cat eats it...
Keep your dog off the grass?
Abaddon
Deity
damn you... but no.. I generally wouldnt leave my faeces behind.. a dog might
azzaman333
meh
But leaving faeces behind fertalizes the plants.
Abaddon
Deity
And can kill small children and stread intestinal worms.. hardly what i could do walking on grass.
azzaman333
meh
Not if your walking across the grass to kill children and spread intestinal worms.
damn you... but no.. I generally wouldnt leave my faeces behind.. a dog might
Fine, keep your remote controlled car off the grass?
Of course not, and nor am I against the idea of copyrights (though patents are another matter) - I was just mocking your ridiculous notion of branding people "anti-capitalist". There is more to capitalism than what's in the US constitution.
At best, you might claim they are disagreeing with the US constitution - though again, this is about "harm" not "rights".
Furthermore, the US Constitution I believe talks about a "limited time", a term which is now being stretched to breaking point (originally it was 14 years - now it gets increased everytime Mickey Mouse comes close to falling into the public domain...)
Clearly, they didn't see them as property, since your property right for physical property does not expire after 14 years. And I hope you don't need to be told how theft is different. Personally I'd much rather some guy copy my software when he wasn't going to pay for it, rather than him come breaking into my home and stealing my things.
I fail to see how this assertion has any bearing on what I said. If it's valuable, all the more reason not to restrict it, some people could argue...
No one mentioned anything about theft.
It's funny - I'm _for_ the idea of copyrights, but some of the arguments put forward are so bogus that I can't help arguing against them, it's embarrassing to have these points made in favour of copyright law, and does more harm than good in trying to convince people.
Actually, no, theft as a law never refers to copyright infringement.
And in common usage, theft implies removing something, not merely copying it. It's embarrassing for the argument for copyright that some people think that copyright can only be argued for by conflating it with a different crime.
