rayofmemory's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ::mood swangin' dumb laws government paper:: Writing government papers is fun. We had to go online and find dumb laws and then write a paper about them. (It needs work, but yeah. lol): Some of these laws seem completely ridiculous, but what�s even more appalling is that someone had to do these things in order for them to become illegal or legal. Laws such as the one in Tremonton, Utah, which states that it is illegal to have sex in a moving ambulance and if you are caught the guy is let go and the woman is punished and her name appears in the newspaper. Or the one in Boise, Idaho stating it is legal for a man to beat his wife on the courthouse steps so long as it is before 8:00 pm. Both of these laws are completely gender bias and disgusting. Lately it has been said that when a guy has sex he�s patted on the back by his friends for his lovely score. However, if a girl has sex she is called a slut. I think that these laws were made because some sexist men decided there would be some twisted justice being done. I do think that the law about beating your wife could of possibly been around a long time ago, but that still doesn�t excuse it. I believe that both of these laws shouldn�t be laws because of the sexism involved in them. Or if in Tremonton, Utah, a guy and woman are having sex in the back of an ambulance they should both be punished and both their pictures should be in the newspaper. As for husbands beating their wives, if they feel it is necessary to beat their wives at any time, maybe they shouldn�t be married. These laws are inexcusable and disturbing. However I did read some laws that didn�t make my blood boil. Some of the more amusing laws I read are, in Ohio it is illegal to get a fish drunk. I have a feeling someone was out fishing and was pouring booze into a lake, but that still doesn�t tell us that the fish were drunk. Did they give them breathalyzer tests? Did it look like the fish were having a hard time swimming? Can they legally drink and swim? Many questions are brought up when reading some of these laws. In Marshalltown, Iowa, horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants. Are horses partial to metal? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a fire hydrant? Was the horse dehydrated? Why didn�t anybody get the horse a bottle of Evian? In Arizona it is prohibited to hunt camels. Maybe the fire hydrant eating horse in Iowa was really a camel who lost it�s hump full of water. In Idaho residents may not fish from a giraffe�s back. Darn! You get the best alcoholic fish that way. I honestly think that the reason these laws are laws is because some people decided to do these things and the government decided that they weren�t the sanest ways for people to spend their time, nor the healthiest. 7:45 p.m. - 2002-12-12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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