pashley pro Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 hi there i was wondering if it is true that if you steal in turkey you can have your hands amputated and that people who are planted with items also have to have their hands amputated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_Tupman Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Not sure about having them cut off if youv'e had stuff planted on you but I know you do I you have stolen seems like a good idea to me (Y) and you don't want to know what i'd do to rapists (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pashley pro Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 yes but anyone could claim they have had something planted on them.do they cut off the hands if you are there on holiday and have had something planted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picki Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 not all of turyek surely....but deepest darkest turkey im sure they wouldnt hesitate cutting a finger or so off..... just like deepest darkest anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 No, that's not true. Turkish law is pretty westernised these days, not least because they're looking to join the EU some time soon and need to conform to the expected standards to allow that. For instance, just last year they officially abolished the death penalty for this purpose (although in reality the death penalty had been out of use in Turkey since, i think, the 80s). I think there are still some countries with radical Islamic governments that hold to the law word for word as it is written in the Qur'an, which would include chopping off a hand for theft. But not Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukeee Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 hi there i was wondering if it is true that if you steal in turkey you can have your hands amputated and that people who are planted with items also have to have their hands amputated ← You planing on nicking something in turkey then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nb88 Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Don't think theres that law in turkey, but im not sure. Its quite westernised now as delusional said. There used to be laws like that in Saudi and other places in the middle east, where you get your hand chopped off for stealing, head chopped off for murdering/raping, etc.. but i dont think it happens anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatsink Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 I belive that chewing gum is illegal in Singapore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) I belive that chewing gum is illegal in Singapore! ← IIRC it's recently been legalised for medical usage, but is still a "controlled substance" of sorts. There's been talk of imposing some sort regulation on chewing gum in some UK counties, I think they were proposing fines for dropping chewing gum on the ground, which was to cover the extra costs that are going to be incurred by the government including chewing gum in litter definitions (meaning county councils have an obligation to clean it off the streets - quite a mammoth task by all accounts). [edit for typo] Edited March 14, 2005 by delusional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisa Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Here in Belfast there is fines for dropping chewing gum, cigarettes and general litter. I think its a good thing to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 in india, they chop off your right hand for stealing, as it is a sin to eat with your left. thusly, you are screwed. atleast they never run out of toilet paper there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interested Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) Some strange laws about,I'm sure there's a web site with them all on. edit,you found it (Y) Edited March 15, 2005 by Interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 by the way its still legal to shoot someone with a bow and arrow on any day but sunday in scotland. john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Ye there are many similar to that.I cant remember the one i was told by a police man told us a few years ago, something about really old laws that have were legal and never made illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Ye there are many similar to that.I cant remember the one i was told by a police man told us a few years ago, something about really old laws that have were legal and never made illegal. ← Such as the one about driving car. Its illegeal to drive a car without a person walking infront walking and waving a flag, warning other users there is a car coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Such as the one about driving car. Its illegeal to drive a car without a person walking infront walking and waving a flag, warning other users there is a car coming. ← Yes, I just found this website which has a range of silly laws. Check out number 70!! http://www.morticom.com/truestoriesstupiditlaws.htm God knows which ones are true though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishwog Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 (edited) For all the Ladies on here, if a Man tries to kiss you against your will, you are legally allowed to bite there nose off :S Edit: AND, don't you even think about having sex whilst in the back of an ambulance! (Y) Edited March 15, 2005 by Fishwog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-A Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 I was lead to believe that all those out of date laws and odd ones, like beeing hung for impersonating a chelsea pensioner, have now been quietly abolished by the government :S I was told it was to do with the EU and death penulty stuff. Though I may be talking out of my ass here :D" (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 HAHA i can rember one along the lines of, in liverpool its legal for women who work in fish/pet shops to walk around topless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endohopper Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) From the site linked above "The bloodhound is the only animal in the world whose evidence is admissable in court." Interesting but it does suggest that we humans are perhaps not mammals ? Also , I understand that all males resident in the United Kingdom aged between 12 and 40 must , by law practice archery for 20 minutes a week . You did do your archery , didn't you ? Edit : Off the same site , too : "In Britain, in 1888, a law was passed which stated that every cyclist had to constantly ring the bell on his bicycle non-stop while the machine was moving." Edited March 16, 2005 by Endohopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardman Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Not sure about having them cut off if youv'e had stuff planted on you but I know you do I you have stolen seems like a good idea to me :) and you don't want to know what i'd do to rapists :) ← What happens if a womenwhacks on a dildo and raps a man what happens then, she has nothing to cut off, does she just get the dildo taken offher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardman Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 From the site linked above "The bloodhound is the only animal in the world whose evidence is admissable in court." Interesting but it does suggest that we humans are perhaps not mammals ? Also , I understand that all males resident in the United Kingdom aged between 12 and 40 must , by law practice archery for 20 minutes a week . You did do your archery , didn't you ? Edit : Off the same site , too : "In Britain, in 1888, a law was passed which stated that every cyclist had to constantly ring the bell on his bicycle non-stop while the machine was moving." ← Bikes are not machiones as some knob pointed out to me o nthe underground. They are inanimate objects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-A Posted March 16, 2005 Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 (edited) Bikes are not machiones as some knob pointed out to me o nthe underground. They are inanimate objects ← Technically a pair of scisors is a machine. A machine is a system of tools to perform a task.... I believe a bike falls into that. Beeing inamimate has nothing to do with it. And I havent ever done my archery, naughty me :)" :) Edited March 16, 2005 by Steve-A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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