Why were stupid, senseless laws invented?
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Because someone didn't think they were stupid or senseless. And some of the laws we have now actually may not have been stupid when they were passed (for example a law forbidding to have meat, during periods when cows were seriously ill, and there was no other means to warn the people about the dangers of eating that meat). What is stupid is to forget to remove them when they are no longer useful.\n\nThe one you mention (about singing in the bath) seems to have some kind of moral background. It seems stupid to us now. And it probably was stupid by the time it was passed, too. But it responded to the moral standards of that time.
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Here are the world's dumbest laws, organized into countries and US states.\n\nhttp://www.dumblaws.com/
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Because people are stupid.
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Law is designed to bring order out of chaos. Society cannot survive without laws. Just imagine if there were no laws and everyone did what they want, when they want. It would be anarchy. In the end vigilantism would rule. Still a form of law I guess, but not necessarily a preferred one. Law does not just punish, it also protects, both the innocent and the guilty.
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Dunno.\n\nHere's a suggestion: Stop breaking the law moron!
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because they're stupid
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the magical word is stupidity
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What good do laws do?
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hahahahahahaha stupid thinking
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IGNORANCE OF THE LAW IS NO EXCUSE\n\n\nthats why they dont teach you, its more profitable to keep you in the dark, and just ticket you or lock you up for things you never even knew were illegal.
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because people are basically stupid.
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coz the law was only made after that day
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cause they're like, stupid?
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Stupid is as stupid does
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DUMB LAWS\n\nAlabama\n• Anniston: You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street. \n• Bear wrestling matches are prohibited.\n• Boogers may not be flicked into the wind. \n• Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate. \n• Dominoes may not be played on Sunday. \n• Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.\n• Incestuous marriages are legal.\n• It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. \n• It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy.\n• It is illegal to maim oneself to escape duty. \n• It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.\n• It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church. \n• It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile. \n• It is legal to drive the wrong way on a one way street if you have a lantern on the front of your car.\n• It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels.\n• It's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."\n• It's illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.\n• Jasper: It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger in diameter than his thumb. \n• Lee County: It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday. \n• Masks may not be worn in public\n• Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.\n• Mobile: It is unlawful to howl at ladies inside the city limits. It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels. \n• Montgomery: It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of it spooking horses.\n• No persons may sell "blow-out nuts". \n• Peanuts are not allowed to be sold in Lee County, Alabama after sunset on Wednesdays. \n• Pool halls may not be operated between 11:30 PM and 6 AM. \n• Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. \n• Slavery is still legal in Decatur, Alabama.\n• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.\n• Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men. \n• You cannot chain your alligator to a fire hydrant.\n• You may not drive barefooted. \n• You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time. \n• You must have windshield wipers on your car.\n\nAlaska\n• A law in Fairbanks does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.\n• Even though it is legal to hunt a bear, it is illegal to wake a bear and take a picture for photo opportunities.\n• Fairbanks: It is considered an offense to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.\n• In Alaska it is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting.\n• It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane. \n• Kangaroos are not allowed in barber shops at any time. \n• Moose may not be viewed from an airplane. \n• State policy states that emergencies are held to a minimum and rarely found to exist. \n• While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited. \n\nArizona\n• A man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month. \n• Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony (This goes back in the days of the Wild West). \n• Cards may not be played in the street with a Native American.\n• Donkeys cannot sleep in bathtubs.\n• Glendale: Cars may not be driven in reverse. \n• Hayden: If you bother the cottontails or bullfrogs, you will be fined. \n• Hunting camels is prohibited. \n• In 1985, an Arizona legislator proposed that each candidate for the legislature take a reading and an I.Q. test three months before the election. The scores would have been posted on the
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Because common sense isn't common.\nAND not everyones version of it is the same.
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Because they were idiots in the first place...?