Crime Conundrum

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TwigtheWonderkid

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43,483 posts

151 months

Sunday 28th January
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So this question was posed to me the other day.

You are suddenly granted a superpower, whereby you can put a stop forever to any crime of your choosing. Name the crime you want to stop, and you can stop it. But......in order to put a stop to it, you have to commit the crime.

So that kind of rules out stuff like genocide, because you'll have to commit it to stop it in the future. It's the kind of lateral thinking question you might get is some executive interview.

There's no right answer as such, if you want to end drink driving, get yourself over the limit, drive 10 yards down the road, park up, hopefully don't get caught, and drink driving is over forever. I was eventually given what I guess is the most sensible answer, which I thought was quite clever. Let's see if anyone comes up with it. Or something better perhaps.

Over to you guys.

Crusoe

4,068 posts

232 months

Sunday 28th January
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Turn someone's life support off committing murder the turn it back on.

TwigtheWonderkid

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43,483 posts

151 months

Sunday 28th January
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Crusoe said:
Turn someone's life support off committing murder the turn it back on.
Do you wait for them to die before turning it back on? If not, you haven't committed murder. If so, you have. They might have recovered. Are you comfortable doing that? I wouldn't be.

SteveScooby

797 posts

178 months

Sunday 28th January
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Perjury? Nobody can ever lie in court again.

greygoose

8,282 posts

196 months

Sunday 28th January
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Middle Lane Morons on the motorway, I shall free up the roads!

leigh1050

2,375 posts

166 months

Sunday 28th January
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Starting sentences with "So"

ReallyReallyGood

1,623 posts

131 months

Sunday 28th January
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Fraud, multi million pound fraud.

ShredderXLE

532 posts

160 months

Sunday 28th January
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Littering

I'd drop something small and easily biodegradeable.

In my ideal world there would be on the spot roadside executions for people who drop litter but this isnt my thread.

HJG

466 posts

108 months

Sunday 28th January
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Drugs. Because the knock on effect would be a massive reduction in many other crimes.


TwigtheWonderkid

Original Poster:

43,483 posts

151 months

Sunday 28th January
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SteveScooby said:
Perjury? Nobody can ever lie in court again.
That's the one. Commit a minor offence, speeding, refuse the NIP, go to court, lie and say the equipment must be faulty. Lose the case, take the increased fine and the points, and change the world. No one can ever lie in court again. No need for juries, the guilty will admit it and those pleading not guilty must be innocent.

ReallyReallyGood

1,623 posts

131 months

Sunday 28th January
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Rather than lie you could just say no comment?

r44flyer

462 posts

217 months

Sunday 28th January
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ReallyReallyGood said:
Rather than lie you could just say no comment?
Yeah, we can get rid that nonsense straight away. You answer the questions and if you're guilty we'll know it. You wouldn't even have to prove it.

"Did you do it?"
"Yes."
"Send him down!"

byebye

105.4

4,126 posts

72 months

Sunday 28th January
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r44flyer said:
ReallyReallyGood said:
Rather than lie you could just say no comment?
Yeah, we can get rid that nonsense straight away. You answer the questions and if you're guilty we'll know it. You wouldn't even have to prove it.

"Did you do it?"
"Yes."
"Send him down!"

byebye
nono

The Police don’t pay you to incriminate yourself, just as you don’t pay them to come and do your job for you. An assumption of innocence must be upheld at all times until guilt can be proven beyond reasonable doubt.


To answer the OPs question, I’d become a MP, lie to parliament, lie to the press, lie to my constituents, ignore the will of the people whom I pretend to represent, all while lining my own pockets through greed, vice and corruption, and dangerously meddle in the affairs of other countries in the hope of starting wars, just to appease my wealthy backers, big business, the arms industries and the banks.


Put a stop to all of the above and you really would change the world for the better !

TwigtheWonderkid

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43,483 posts

151 months

Monday 29th January
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105.4 said:
nono

The Police don’t pay you to incriminate yourself, just as you don’t pay them to come and do your job for you. An assumption of innocence must be upheld at all times until guilt can be proven beyond reasonable doubt.


To answer the OPs question, I’d become a MP, lie to parliament, lie to the press, lie to my constituents, ignore the will of the people whom I pretend to represent, all while lining my own pockets through greed, vice and corruption, and dangerously meddle in the affairs of other countries in the hope of starting wars, just to appease my wealthy backers, big business, the arms industries and the banks.


Put a stop to all of the above and you really would change the world for the better !
But most of those aren't criminal offences. It's not illegal for an MP to lie to parliament, lie to the press, lie to my constituents, ignore the will of the people whom they pretend to represent, all while lining their own pockets through greed and dangerously meddle in the affairs of other countries in the hope of starting wars, just to appease their wealthy backers, big business, the arms industries and the banks.

So that won't work.

105.4

4,126 posts

72 months

Monday 29th January
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
105.4 said:
nono

The Police don’t pay you to incriminate yourself, just as you don’t pay them to come and do your job for you. An assumption of innocence must be upheld at all times until guilt can be proven beyond reasonable doubt.


To answer the OPs question, I’d become a MP, lie to parliament, lie to the press, lie to my constituents, ignore the will of the people whom I pretend to represent, all while lining my own pockets through greed, vice and corruption, and dangerously meddle in the affairs of other countries in the hope of starting wars, just to appease my wealthy backers, big business, the arms industries and the banks.


Put a stop to all of the above and you really would change the world for the better !
But most of those aren't criminal offences. It's not illegal for an MP to lie to parliament, lie to the press, lie to my constituents, ignore the will of the people whom they pretend to represent, all while lining their own pockets through greed and dangerously meddle in the affairs of other countries in the hope of starting wars, just to appease their wealthy backers, big business, the arms industries and the banks.

So that won't work.
Perhaps my post highlights the fact that was is immoral isn’t always illegal, and what is illegal isn’t always immoral.

QJumper

2,709 posts

27 months

Monday 29th January
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105.4 said:
Perhaps my post highlights the fact that was is immoral isn’t always illegal, and what is illegal isn’t always immoral.
And that's the real conundrum.

shirt

22,646 posts

202 months

Monday 29th January
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Depends on how specific you’re being.

Theft or mugging for example. If I steal something, is theft in all forms eradicated? If so that removes a massive portion of crimes, the cause of crime, and makes life in general safer for everyone.

jgrewal

765 posts

48 months

Tuesday 30th January
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ReallyReallyGood said:
Fraud, multi million pound fraud.
This and I must keep the money because of the kind act I committed to ensure nobody suffers again.

JuanCarlosFandango

7,824 posts

72 months

Wednesday 21st February
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What was the sensible answer that you were given OP?

Murder would be a bit like the run run away train problem.

Flashing?

wildoliver

8,794 posts

217 months

Wednesday 21st February
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Killing the guy from the go compare advert.

Kill him once. Then no one can ever kill him again.

Am I doing this right?