Have you ever committed a crime?

[BurtWorm]

[liberalhistorian]

1. Do traffic tickets count as

a criminal record? Because there are some towns that consider them to be misdemeanors, believe it or not!

[BurtWorm]

2. You mean for parking in a no-parking zone?

I've gotten away with that crime numerous times!

[ozymandius]

13. No

It is not a crime. Just an infraction.

[RC]

3. Like anyone is going to line up and

confess with asskroft on the loose.

[BurtWorm]

4. I'm not looking for confessions.

If I had one to make--which I may or may not--I would probably not offer it here.

[scarlet_owl]

5. I voted no

But I forgot about all that pot I used to smoke. Technically a crime, but not to me.

[BurtWorm]

6. Thanks for reminding me

that I've gotten away with a lot more than I thought I did!

[lynndew2]

37. In HS 1974ish, we got busted for Pot

A friend worked in a state park that closed at sundown. We all parked outside and he let us into the swimming pool room. We were all getting high and jamming on our guitars.

We heard a knock at the window and it was the state cops. A new law for under an ounce had gone into effect at midnight and it was 2am the next morning.

They took us to the station and called others for 4 hours. LOL...We were the first busted in NY under the new law. They gave us all tresspassing tickets and kept our stash.

I sent in my $25 fine from denver and that was that. I thought. My buddy thought it would be funny to tell my Dad.

Dad kinda blew it off but did ask me how it was to have to lose $25 when i was away.

[Laszlo_Hollyfeld]

7. I'm pretty sure the statute of limitations has run out

on the candybars, comic books and gum me and my little hoodlum buddies absconded with in our foolish youth.

Technically, I'm sure the wild adventure me and some of my fellow Scouts got up one summer would qualify as 'arson' by anyone other than the kind and generous group of Scoutmasters who pulled our sorry little asses out of the fire.

My days of underaged, college drinking are firmly in the past as well as the rite of passage that was passing around a doobie in high school.

I may have on occasion surpassed the posted speedlimit.

Oh yeah, I'm fierce. You may want to alert the local constabulary.

[BurtWorm]

8. Call 911! Call 911!

;)

[scarlet_owl]

10. Welcome Laszlo!

:toast:

[MinnFats]

9. ok, where on the contiuum do you place....

1. being in a city park after hours;
2. skinny-dipping with a large group of friends under the moonlight; and
3. exotic sex acts?


just askin'


to be truthful, here is a clever crime I and some friens actually did: back when presidential campaigns actually spent money on lawn signs (before TV ads dominated) we'd go out and grab a bunch....not to dump or destroy them....to exchange them.
Thus people who went to sleep with Nixon signs in their yard woke up with Humphrey signs, and vice versa.
It was foolproof. If you dump a pile of signs in a ditch or set them on fire, the cops must come out and try to find out who did it.
But if somebody calls and yelps "They left a HUMPHREY sign in my yard!" the dispatcher will say "Oh, right. WE'll send someone right out. Uh-huh."
We know this because in our small town the trick generated more talk than if we HAD burned them. Oh, the outrage!

[BurtWorm]

17. See OhioDem's answer

Nice prank, by the way! Are pranks crimes?

[NewYorkerfromMass]

11. Does having pirated software on my computer count?

I'd say that's a good poll in itself. :freak:
And as my mom once said: the ultimate crime is not the one where no one is caught, it is the one that is never detected.

[BurtWorm]

12. How true!

And how many undetected crimes are there being committed right now?

[Ohio Dem]

14. Everybody has committed a crime.

From speeding, walking home from a bar while drunk (public intox) to smoking underage (against the law in Ohio, anyway), downloading music off the internet, etc to actual "crimes," everyone has broken the law in one way or the other.

[BurtWorm]

15. No electioneering!

Watch the "got away with it" vote start taking off!

;)

[Ohio Dem]

18. Sorry about that.

Yet another crime, I guess. Oh well. It won't be that last. It probably won't be the last this month.

[Flying_Pig]

16. Why would anyone answer such a stupid question in a public forum

especially one that is certainly under scrutiny. Answer yes, even to the most minimal little crime (jaywalking?), and the freepers will wave a banner saying, "DU filled with criminals"...Gheesh, can't you find something better to poll about?

[BurtWorm]

19. How do we know you didn't answer the poll?

Don't worry about the freepers. This is an unscientific poll for recreational purposes only.

[AntiCoup2K4]

33. The Freepers don't have any room to talk

...because as far as I know, sexual relations with sheep and relatives are still illegal. :evilgrin:

[BurtWorm]

34. Not to mention stealing elections and purging voter lists.

[Emboldened Chimp]

20. Does doing drugs in the oh-so-distant past count?

[BurtWorm]

21. Yes and no.

Yes to Rockefeller and most of the govs of the 1960s through today. On the other hand, I would be willing to bet that most Americans consider recreational drug use to be unjustly a crime, so...no. I leave it up to your discretion.

[Emboldened Chimp]

23. Well, it IS against the law

therefore, doing them is a crime. So, I guess I did commit a crime. Multiple crimes. Too many to count, actually. Sheesh, I should be in jail. That's it, I'm turning myself in!

:evilgrin:

[BurtWorm]

24. I forgive you.

O8)

[no name no slogan]

22. Civil disobedience

got arrested for trespassing on Honeywell property back in the 80s. I guess it was one way to avoid possibly getting drafted!

[BurtWorm]

26. Good for you!

[SOteric]

25. Are We Considering Crimes Against Fashion, Taste and Judgement?

If so, - I may have a checkered past.

[BurtWorm]

27. As long as you don't have checkered pants.

Or if you do, as long as you don't wear them too often.

:hi:

[SOteric]

28. Darn.

Those houndstooth trousers were amoung my favourites.

[Nikia]

29. A few minor crimes

I have never been convicted of a crime, even a traffic ticket. I have drank before reaching the legal drinking age, smoked pot, and sped.

[BurtWorm]

30. I think Ohio Dem is right.

Everybody has probably committed a crime. We've all knowingly or unknowingly crossed a line sketched out by our government to delineate acceptable from unacceptable public behavior. This is probably more a question about how you perceive your own actions, especially whether you feel you are perfectly law-abiding or have "gotten away" with a "crime."

[EX-CONservative]

31. Yes, and I got away with it!

I downloaded some old Mrs. Miller recordings off KaZaA. :-)

Don't tell the RIAA. SHhhhhhhhh!

:evilgrin:

[BurtWorm]

32. Listening to Mrs. Miller isn't a crime?

;)

[Scimmio]

35. Mrs. Miller? Yes. Class A Felony.

Usually though, the Judge reads the indictment...Downtown, Boots Are Made For Walking, Monday Monday...then sentences appropriately for Time Served and lets you go. I've heard of a case where an ironic coffee shop employee tried to claim Cruel And Unusual Punishment, listing Hard Day's Night as evidence, but I think that's still in Appeals.

[IranianDemocrat]

36. I stole a pack of gum when I was like 10.

Thats about it.

[Piperay]

38. I shoplifted

Barbie clothes when I was a pre-teen. The outfits were expensive and I couldn't afford them but Barbie (being a fashion plate) just had to have em. :shrug: I must have been pretty skilled because I never got caught. :evilgrin: I gave up my life of crime though when I outgrew my Barbie doll, oh well. :eyes:


EDIT: spelling