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Does breaking the law bother you?

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  • #32
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    A man on a mission to kill jay walkers, the ultimate badass vigilante, I like it.

    To kill the jay walker, you have to be the jay walker


  • #33
    jamesbere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    old_aussie wrote: »
    Nope, I'll eat pork anywhere I want to

    If I were you I would cover it up with a brown paper bag, no one can give you hassle then.


  • #34
    TrueIt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭TrueIt


    jamesbere wrote: »
    To kill the jay walker, you have to be the jay walker

    It takes a jay walker, to know a jay walker


  • #35
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    It's funny what's illegal nowadays.

    20 years ago you could smoke in a pub & homosexuality was illegal.

    Now if you lit up in a pub, there's hell to pay.

    2 blokes wearing the faces off each other at the bar. All good.


  • #36
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    old_aussie wrote: »
    Nope, I'll eat pork anywhere I want to

    Even in Pakistan?


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  • #37
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    jamesbere wrote: »
    To kill the jay walker, you have to be the jay walker

    A jaywalk to remember.


  • #38
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    Voglio wrote: »
    It doesn't bother me one bit, I have my own personal moral code that I abide by.


    It'll bother you if you ever find yourself in court. That personal moral code crap won't wash with the judge!


  • #39
    shedweller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,023 ✭✭✭shedweller


    Insert witty comment here.


  • #40
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Depends on the law. If the law coincides with my moral code I won't break it. If it doesn't I won't have a problem breaking it.


  • #41
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    The moral blindness that leads to the nihilistic and dare I say juvenile belief that one's self-manifested moral code can override the established law should be denounced by all right-minded people.


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  • #42
    dobman88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,767 ✭✭✭dobman88


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    U ok hun?

    Mail babe xxx


  • #43
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Mail babe xxx
    k


  • #44
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    pragmatic1 wrote: »
    Same as yourself OP. I have my own moral compass.

    Me too. I got it in Aldi. It's a bit crap tbh.


  • #45
    Renegade Mechanic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,928 ✭✭✭Renegade Mechanic


    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Me too. I got it in Aldi. It's a bit crap tbh.

    Id say its just riveted in hell's direction mate!:D


  • #46
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    This thread is a perfect example of why After hours should require users to have at least 100-200 posts before being able to post here.


  • #47
    geckovision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭geckovision


    Voglio wrote: »
    It doesn't bother me one bit, I have my own personal moral code that I abide by.

    Nonsense.

    Whether you realise it or not you obey the law, as do the large majority of us and purposely steer clear of serious breaches of said law.

    You can't choose to live by your own moral code.

    Or, maybe you can if that moral code means not paying your TV licence or breaking an orange light. A true crusader.


  • #48
    manonboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭manonboard


    catallus wrote: »
    The moral blindness that leads to the nihilistic and dare I say juvenile belief that one's self-manifested moral code can override the established law should be denounced by all right-minded people.
    Why so catallus?


  • #49
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    manonboard wrote: »
    Why so catallus?

    Why so, indeed! I'm glad you asked. Do you charge for the prawn crackers?


  • #50
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    geckovision wrote: »
    Nonsense.

    Whether you realise it or not you obey the law, as do the large majority of us and purposely steer clear of serious breaches of said law.

    You can't choose to live by your own moral code.

    Or, maybe you can if that moral code means not paying your TV licence or breaking an orange light. A true crusader.

    What if you are a homosexual and go to a country where homosexuality is illegal? Or one like South Africa in the apartheid years? Those are laws that I wouldn't live by and many didn't only to fall foul of the law.


  • #51
    manonboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭manonboard


    OP, I'd somewhat agree with you.

    I've broken the law many dozens of times on smaller items (not counting silly things like slightly breaking the speed limit or other nonsense). I've broken it several times quite seriously.

    It doesn't bother me at all but i'm always conscience of the risk of being caught when I do it. I see the law more as a set rules that are a good idea, provide consequences if caught breaking them, but I find many I disagree with and I don't mind breaking those once I'm reasonable sure I can evade being caught.

    Some i've broken for gain, some i've broken for what I'd consider justice, others for what I considered morally better than obeying the law.
    None that i've broken I consider had any victims. I wouldn't do something that would negatively affect someone else in any way I deem unreasonable. I feel like I have a good moral compass, so I am ok with that guideline.

    In the end, I may get into trouble and regret it. I may not get into trouble at all. I may even get into trouble and not regret it at all.


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  • #52
    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    Theme tune for the OP.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyxLGSMtqtM


  • #53
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,831 ✭✭✭degsie


    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    k

    l


  • #54
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    The law is a silly ould thing invented and maintained by politicians


  • #55
    geckovision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭geckovision


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    What if you are a homosexual and go to a country where homosexuality is illegal? Or one like South Africa in the apartheid years? Those are laws that I wouldn't live by and many didn't only to fall foul of the law.

    I'm assuming the OP lives in modern day Ireland and 'lives by his own code'. He said he'd have no problem killing someone so I've no idea why you're going on about homosexuality and apartheid.

    Maybe I'm missing something, but when I think of the 'law' in this case, I'm thinking of crimes you generally hear about on the news - murder, theft etc.


  • #56
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    degsie wrote: »
    l
    P


  • #57
    manonboard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭manonboard


    catallus wrote: »
    Why so, indeed! I'm glad you asked. Do you charge for the prawn crackers?
    I'm not sure what you mean by that, but if you thought I was taking the pi$$, I am genuinely curious why you believe your statement


  • #58
    catallus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭catallus


    My statement is self explanatory.


  • #59
    shopaholic01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,916 ✭✭✭shopaholic01


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3XY6wfSBw


  • #60
    steddyeddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,565 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    geckovision wrote: »
    I'm assuming the OP lives in modern day Ireland and 'lives by his own code'. He said he'd have no problem killing someone so I've no idea why you're going on about homosexuality and apartheid.

    Maybe I'm missing something, but when I think of the 'law' in this case, I'm thinking of crimes you generally hear about on the news - murder, theft etc.

    Well I'm afraid the news doesn't define a crime.


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  • #61
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Mail babe xxx
    shopaholic01 wrote: »
    k
    Stavros Murphy wrote: »
    Me too. I got it in Aldi. It's a bit crap tbh.
    Renegade Mechanic wrote: »
    Id say its just riveted in hell's direction mate!:D
    steddyeddy wrote: »
    This thread is a perfect example of why After hours should require users to have at least 100-200 posts before being able to post here.

    LOL.


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