Societies are built on the balance between right and wrong. Cliché as it may be, we all need something more than our personal moral compass to guide us along. After all, we all have different perceptions, but the law—outright and clear—allows us to navigate society.
Every child is taught what's fundamentally good and what isn't. But what happens when people start looking for loopholes? Well, people on Reddit raised an interesting question about what should be considered illegal from their point of view, even if the thing or action is not explicitly forbidden by the law.
People jumped at the chance to criticize anything from laws to societal structures; children's beauty pageants didn't escape without scathing comments thrown their way and the governmental ruling sparked more than one discussion. Someone even raised a very valid question about Naboo's blockade (if you know, you know).
The Reddit thread, started by user Musuhubber, caught the attention of more than 68K redditors, with 36K comments. And the issues that are being discussed are quite valid or, at the very least, the thread is a good place to vent after your day was disturbed by an unasked-for solicitor.
#1
In the US, people going bankrupt and losing their homes over medical bills.
319points
#2
Dog ear cropping and cat declawing edit I'm in the USA and a registered veterinary nurse. It's brutal
317points
#4
Congress members being able to trade stocks at the same time they are receiving intelligence and passing laws that could effect the performance of said stocks.
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282points
#6
Wages for fulltime jobs that don't even cover basic living costs.
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270points
#8
Marital rape and "honor killings" in countries like the one I live in (generally the middle east). Most of that stuff is in the process of being banned now (thank God)
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263points
#9
Sweatshop labor outsourced by tech and Fortune 500 companies. It’s essentially contemporary slavery we collectively allow.
254points
#10
Not the worst thing, but it used to be illegal for commercials on TV to be louder than the actual show but not any longer suddenly.
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252points
#12
Conversion therapy. "Hey, let's make children hate themselves so much that they'll either lie about who they are for the smallest crumbs of validation or just commit sucde! Either way that's one less gay to worry about!" Now excuse me as I go throw up.
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233points
#15
A parent keeping their kid from the other parent when there’s no good reason to and leveraging the courts to do it.
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209points
#18
Being forced to fork up your personal data and access to EVERYTHING in your phone to use a stupid app that makes a picture of your dog sing. It should not be allowed at all
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183points
#19
Putting unrelated crap into bills to sneak it into law. I know they're supposed to follow some kind rules related to germaneness, but they clearly don't, and clearly need actual laws with actual punishments for pulling this crap.
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168points