Which LAW is it anyway?

Ask Judge Dredd. He knows the law; he is the law.

Well they do say ignorance of the law is no defence. Better to stay clear of anything you know nothing about, or sounds like a safe option. Do you practice your archery every Sunday afternoon? Also, if you have the plague, don't flag down a taxi in London *shrug*

As well as these, it's also illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don't want him to know, although you don't have to tell him anything that you don't mind him knowing... go figure

Originally Posted by orose

I don't want to sound like a party-pooper, but surely thats the ideal state of affairs for the ruling classes - if everyone is near-certain of having done something illegal, no-one would challenge them for fear of being found out.

Actually, that sounds like some sort of manifesto or something - can someone get me three pints of silly ASAP to make up for it?

Exactly right - just look how the government abused 'anti-terror' legislation to forceably remove an eldery gent from a party conference a while back.

Originally Posted by GastonJ

Well they do say ignorance of the law is no defence.

This is true, but there are certain laws where it is necessary to prove intent (IE it was caused through malice/bad intentions, rather than ignorance). Particularly relevent in relation to computing (so you can't accuse someone of a DoS attack for hitting F5 repeatedly)