What stops you doing illegal stuff?

TangyZizzle · 09-11-2010 06:17PM

There's no prison rape in Ireland..

I paid schoolchild bus/train fares up until only two weeks ago. I still get the train without a ticket frequently, always have done and always will. I download everything and anything that I want. I began drinking and smoking at the age of 15, 3 years before I was legally eligible to do so.

Aw, cant think of anythin else. But yeah, I break the law.

r3nu4l · 09-11-2010 06:17PM

FatherLen wrote: »

fear of being passed around like currency in prison

irish-stew wrote: »

I dont want to find out what happens if I drop a bar of soap in the shower block.

Princess Peach wrote: »

The fear of prison rape.

I don't like cucumbers.

smk89 wrote: »

If I did get caught my prison just isn't the best place for a person with an ass so white as mine

There really should be a poll on this thread

Question: What stops you doing illegal stuff?
Options:
A: Prison ass-rape fear
B: Other stuff

raah! · 09-11-2010 06:18PM

You know after hours, it's really easy to break laws without being caught. I think people pay too much credence to their irrational fears. Acting solely based on emotions like this makes you the moral equivilant of a duck. Or a knacker, or anyone with a not rational basis for morality. In fact, I would say that's no basis, self interest and being a coward.

ejmaztec · 09-11-2010 06:18PM

Today paper-clips, tomorrow Fort Knox.

fizzynicenice · 09-11-2010 06:21PM

Sharkey 10 wrote: »

I agree about the drugs but i dont agree about graffiti , for example if everyone disliked the graffiti bar you, then its not a stupid law unless its your property

Yes I see your point but my graffiti is awesom and enriches the community as a whole.

Dravokivich · 09-11-2010 06:22PM

I... just don't have any motivation to do anything illegal...

What's the point?

gsxr1 · 09-11-2010 06:24PM

gsxr1 wrote: »

I like to provide a good example to my child

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Of what ?

Errr. of being a law abiding citizen . I try to refrain from robbing post offices. But its a hard habit to break

raah! · 09-11-2010 06:24PM

What's the point?

Dopamine releases! Free money! Free food! Do you really not see the point?

scientific1982 · 09-11-2010 06:25PM

Dravokivich · 09-11-2010 06:28PM

raah! wrote: »

Dopamine releases! Free money! Free food! Do you really not see the point?

There's plenty of other stuff you can do for shíts n'giggles without resorting to illegal activities...

Money won't hold any value to me if I keep knicking it all the time along with other goods that are valued with money...

no, I really don't see the point...

Pace2008 · 09-11-2010 06:32PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

There's plenty of other stuff you can do for shíts n'giggles without resorting to illegal activities...

Money won't hold any value to me if I keep knicking it all the time along with other goods that are valued with money...

no, I really don't see the point...

There's plenty of fun legal stuff to keep you happy if you're that way inclined, but there are particular flavours of fun you can't enjoy within the confines of the law.

It's like asking what's the point in apples when you already have tasty oranges.

raah! · 09-11-2010 06:35PM

Well if the point of doing those other things is for ****s and giggles then doing illegal things has exactly the same point.

There's no reason for money to hold value to you personally, money is worth as much as what it can buy. If money holds value to you now, then skill at stealing should hold the same, if not greater, value aswell.

The fact is, there are millions of reasons to steal and do illegal things. If everthing you do is based on how you feel then as long as something feels good you can do it. And the more you do something, the less bad you feel about doing it, if you have been so conditioned to feel guilty after having done it.

In a post-dogmatic society, the only thing preventing people from robbing and stealing is fear of being caught. As this thread has more than illustrated. There are things like "stabbing babies makes me feel bad", but these emotions can be just as much reasoned away as any others.

CrazyRabbit · 09-11-2010 06:35PM

The law is irrelevant.

I do/don't do things based upon my own code of morals. These morals are shaped by the sum of my experiences in life so far.

Sharkey 10 · 09-11-2010 06:44PM

Actually ive got one now that was fun and i think students in galway took part and that was robbing from vivo . It was fairly easy and the lads who work didnt seem to care too much.
Was it just me and my friends or was this widespread?

King of Snake · 09-11-2010 06:47PM

It's Only Illegal If You Get Caught!!

Fizman · 09-11-2010 06:49PM

- The odd phone call while driving.
- The odd text while driving.
- Being over the speed limit on certain roads.
- Downloading terabytes of music/TV/films

Illegal stuff is performed quite regularly by most I'd say.

Canis Lupus · 09-11-2010 06:50PM

Because god says not to do bad things..

ah ha ha...

No seriously, it's because my parents brought me up to respect myself and those around me etc etc. That and a solid fear of the wooden spoon for when I acted the bollix.

Princess Peach · 09-11-2010 06:52PM

Fizman wrote: »

- The odd phone call while driving.
- The odd text while driving.
- Being over the speed limit on certain roads.
- Downloading terabytes of music/TV/films

Illegal stuff is performed quite regularly by most I'd say.

Note to self. Do not accept a lift from Fizman

AAAAAAAHHH · 09-11-2010 06:57PM

Tigger wrote: »

depends on the thing and why its illegal

drugs etc i never really worried about the law or whatnot only stopped because they can be an issue after your twentys

theft etc would depend on the circumstances as in i wouldn't steal from an old lady but if i found a bag of money with a bag of drugs in it i'd go look a bag of drug money and take the money leave the drugs as my moral code would allow that

bad thinks like sexually or violently assaulting people i don't do because i'm not a psycho

I can't believe you'd steal money from a diabetic.

Getting there · 09-11-2010 06:59PM

My mum would kill me if i got caught. That thought alone...

df1985 · 09-11-2010 07:01PM

I break minor laws all the time as most people do i imagine: driving laws, drunk and disorderly laws, minor drug offences, illegal downloading etc etc.

Princess Peach · 09-11-2010 07:01PM

Getting there wrote: »

My mum would kill me if i got caught. That thought alone...

My mum wouldn't kill me.

But her look of disappointment would.

Diabhal Beag · 09-11-2010 07:07PM

If it feels wrong I won't do it

CrazyRabbit · 09-11-2010 07:27PM

Fizman wrote: »

- The odd phone call while driving.
- The odd text while driving.
- Being over the speed limit on certain roads.
- Downloading terabytes of music/TV/films

Illegal stuff is performed quite regularly by most I'd say.

Princess Peach wrote: »

Note to self. Do not accept a lift from Fizman

Note to self: Don't drive on the same roads as Fizman. As a vulnerable motorcyclist, I don't want to get squished because he wasn't paying attention to his surroundings.

Dravokivich · 09-11-2010 07:52PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

There's plenty of fun legal stuff to keep you happy if you're that way inclined, but there are particular flavours of fun you can't enjoy within the confines of the law.

It's like asking what's the point in apples when you already have tasty oranges.

yeah... well.... Kiwi's are where it's at.

:pac:

treborflynn · 09-11-2010 10:50PM

it started off with paper clips and the odd ruler, then before i knew it i was punching children and injecting heroin into puppies, but i never really BROKE the law as such. :rolleyes:

Liam Byrne · 09-11-2010 11:17PM

Common decency here.

Mind you, I wouldn't guarantee that I could take the complete high moral ground when it comes to driving at precisely under the speed limit when it's safe enough to do so (motorways, etc), so that might make me a bit of a hypocrite.

Ghost Estate · 10-11-2010 02:46AM

The law is only another man-made thing. Its far from perfect so as long as nobody gets hurt im not too pushed about me or anyone else breaking the law.

Cheap Thrills! · 10-11-2010 03:40AM

It depends on what illegal stuff you mean?

What stops me from hurting babies, stealing, killing etc is that I don't want to do those things.

As for what stops me breaking a red light in the middle of the night on a deserted road, smoking a puff off a joint, taking a pack of post-it's from work or giving a tradesman a nixer when I know he also gets jobseekers???

Well Only the fear of getting caught if I'm honest!!!

Not that I do those terrible things! :cool:

liah · 10-11-2010 03:54AM

To be honest? Nothing except my own moral compass and even that's contextual, I still have done and do illegal things (drugs, piracy, etc).

I'd never do anything that directly impacts or harms another human being, though.. those comments in that thread freaked me out a bit, even if they are just jokes. The idea that someone would violate me without my consent is, frankly, frightening, and therefore I wouldn't want to do it to anyone else, whether I'd be found out or not!

Like that scene in Kill Bill where she's in the hospital and they're selling her while she's unconscious. Really messed up! :eek:

People who only don't do things for fear of being caught really bother me.

What stops you doing illegal stuff?

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