To wonder which other laws you would break.

[StatisticalSense]

Considering half of this site seems to be completely happy with breaking Covid related laws which other laws do you think shouldn't apply to you?
Is a TV licence too expensive and therefore optional? Should seatbelts be compulsory? Is it ever acceptable to take something without paying? Is assault acceptable in certain circumstances?

I've broken loads more laws than I realised thanks to this thread

If somebody murdered one of my children, I’m not sure that I could let them walk this earth after they had done their time in prison.

We don't have a TV licence it is optional.

AFAIK this isnt technically law yet. It hasnt even been passed by the Commons. We dont live in a dictator state, and Boris can not make his ramblings law without agreement by parliament so we are free to ignore him.

Happy to be corrected if Im wrong!

I have library book fines from 15 years ago I just stopped using the library 😂 it was snowing and I couldn't get there on public transport with my 2 kids in a double buggy then was too embarrassed to go as i would get a fine and I was skint at the time😂😂😂😂 my books now.

People just had their Christmas planned trashed and are unhappy. Let them vent. Your finger-wagging is unhelpful and mean.

You have no idea what circumstances people have. You can shout rulez is rulez all you want, if you think for one minute I'm going to abandon my family, you can get to fuck.

This all day and every day.

Speeding is perfectly acceptable it seems. If I travel at 70mph on the motorway you'd think I was in reverse

@LadyLazaruss

Cringe.

@grapewine

You have no idea what circumstances people have. You can shout rulez is rulez all you want, if you think for one minute I'm going to abandon my family, you can get to fuck.

This all day and every day.

Can we be friends please.

In regard to law breaking I evened out DH’s COVID cut in his sleep because he wouldn’t let me near it again. He never noticed yet apparently that was GBH.

Slap the cuffs on me!

I've bought alcohol for my underage ds to drink. I've driven at over 70 on the motorway. I've parked on a pavement and I've parked (all be it not gotten out of the car) on yellow lines. I would steal if I needed to. I would turn a blind eye if a 'bad person' was attacked. I would attack anyone who hurt my child or family. I've watched illegally downloaded films.
Having said that I do have a TV licence and I've never taken illegal drugs. I've also never let my dog shit in public and left it.

I have 2 other households that are in my 'support bubble'. They both rely on me to help with their meals and shopping. What a despicable person I must be OP for breaking a covid law. My helping more than one household is practically the same as me going round and raping, murdering and stealing etc according to you OP. Get a grip!

DS turned 10 yesterday, the age of criminal responsibility. He's already broken a law by having his classmate-best friend round to play.
(School rates low, both families WFH, very little risk, no plans to see high risk extended family in indoor settings)

I also broke the law yesterday by driving up to 80mph on quiet motorways/ dual carriageways. Good road conditions, well maintained car (passed service & MOT last week), stopping distance no issue. The police would have to be exceptionally bored to pick that out and my driving record has been clean for over 15 years.

Most laws are there to protect society.
Sometimes tiptoeing over the legal threshold has minimal impact. In the case of Covid laws that repress normal human behaviour and ignore normal emotional needs, it is sometimes better to break the laws than suffer the consequences of following them. 6 months ago, I ended up drunk on a friends sofa because of the impact of 3 months of neglect of my social needs. I would have legally sat outside if it hadn't bucketed it down torrentially all night. The occasional low-risk breaking of laws has kept me sane and off medication this year. I think that's a fair trade off.
A bit like the time I kicked an aquaintaince hard in the face because I woke up to find him sexually assaulting me. Technically an assault, but any sensible person would recognise that sometimes going beyond the law is a better course of action than staying within it.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Well said!

Lol. People break laws every day. You probably do it too @StatisticalSense if you're honest with yourself.
I speed sometimes, I was drinking in pubs when I was 16. I've been caught talking on my phone whilst driving and sent on an awareness course.

Good for you if you're holier than tho 😂

TheLightSideOfTheMoon

I have weed in my spice rack.

Can I come for dinner 😳😂

Some things are law, some things are guidance.
I suggest you acquaint yourself with the difference.

The epidemic getting up my nose most right now is the one of self-righteous noddies clutching their pearls and heaving their bosoms like it’s their full time paid job, because strangers are not adhering to their very specific interpretation of what are at best unclear and ever-changing and at worst utterly shambolic and unenforceable guidelines.

All any of us can do is act as we judge best for ourselves and our situation and mind our fucking business about what anyone else is doing.

The vast majority of people in this country are being careful, sensible and doing the best they can in a totally unknown situation.

OP, Spend less time trying to police / shame everyone else into doing what you demand and more trying to find peace at how you can better live through this with your sanity intact, regardless of what anyone else is doing.

I abide by the rules but I am sick of strangers dictating how everyone else should live, on both sides of the argument.

It’s embarrassingly self indulgent. And rarely comes from a place of sound knowledge or intelligence.

Happy to break laws that won’t land me in prison or with a criminal record as long as I don’t hurt anyone in the process (law 3 below excepted)

DH and I often cycle drunk (through fields) from the pub. Proper little rebels we are.

I drive over 70 on the motorway (like every other bugger in the fast lane)

I’d happily kill anyone who broke into my home

and I’ve definitely been drunk in a pub before

@grapewine

You have no idea what circumstances people have. You can shout rulez is rulez all you want, if you think for one minute I'm going to abandon my family, you can get to fuck.

This all day and every day.

100% this

This is what I get for not checking Mumsnet early enough in the day. Someone else got the Betty Bumclench username.

Oh, and for whatever it's worth...I know there are people with mentally vulnerable relatives, or ill ones who might be on their last Christmas and so on. If those of us who don't have any particular reason to think we won't have next year do stick to the rules, we can probably offset those for whom the situation is different.

But if you must, please please isolate around the day to reduce the risk.

The people that hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
The people that killed her were obeying the law.

Nobody wants your concertos, OP.

Off you pop.