Everyone Counts

There are stupid laws all over the world like this one from Bloemfontein (South Africa) where young people wearing bathing suits are prohibited from sitting less than 12 inches apart.
- In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk
- It’s an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down
- It’s illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses
- In France, it’s forbidden to call a pig Napoleon
- In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth

Like it or not, everything we do is influenced by the law. What I find interesting though is that most of us are not conscious of the laws we obey because, we just do and never think about it. That's what we were taught by the people who influenced our growing up, parents, teachers, etc.

As a rule, we are much more aware of the laws that we break and we often feel the need to justify breaking them. It is becoming easier to break laws and justify our actions because of the lack of consequence that is becoming more prevalent in our society. The feeling of helplessness and anger at all the violence and crime also contributes to our own law breaking.

The sad thing is that we are teaching our kids that its ok to break those "little" laws and do pretty much anything as long as you can justify it: - copy that CD or DVD... because the price is too high and the record companies are making a fortune; or go through the red light... Because EVERYONE does it . What you are teaching your kids is that's it's ok to break the rules as long as you have a good reason.

We might not like the law and yes, there are some really stupid ones but we need to obey the laws of our country and teach our children to respect them.