there's a difference between crime as a legal thing in a country
and peoples' opinion of what represents a crime within their moral sphere.

While I don't have a problem with people smoking weed, a friend of mine changed enormously when he stopped, becoming a surprisingly sharp, clever guy. He just did a college course finishing with the highest mark you can get.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:42, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Whereas I'm this thick whether I smoke or not :(

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:43, Reply)

bad luck

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:44, Reply)

I don't understand you

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:47, Reply)

i guess that proves it

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:48, Reply)

???

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:52, Reply)

A crime is a crime, I reckon.
You can choose to do the crime and not consider it wrong, but it's still a crime.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:56, Reply)

Laws change though,
Homosexuality was a crime, as was being gay in the Army, or interacial marrige.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 14:59, Reply)

Yah', totally, but it was still a crime at the time. Just because you're 'commiting a crime' it doesn't mean to say you believe there is anything wrong with it, or that there is anything wrong with it, but it is still a crime.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 15:17, Reply)

but what the term 'crime' represents
changes across time and from country to country. If the government made something like cake illegal, eating cake would be a crime, but at the same time, people could consider it not a crime and the law to be an ass. Perhaps we just need to define terms better before dicussions
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 6 Jul 2012, 15:01, Reply)