2015-03-12 Evening: laws and breaking them

Greg Malivuk
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Sunday, March 15, 1:00 PM: Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Take the Red Line to Broadway Station
Wear something green.
(Do NOT wear any orange.)
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Homework: find an example of a law in your country which is either a "nanny state" law that you disagree with (for example, adults who are 18-20 can join the military and vote but they can't drink), or is a "meaningless" law that doesn't make any sense (for example, men in a particular city must have a beard)
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legalize: make something completely okay according to the law

decriminalize: it's not completely okay, but it is a civil offense, not a criminal offense (you pay a fine, you don't go to jail)
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You have to jump through a lot of hoops to adopt a stray pet.
= You have to take many different steps to adopt a pet.

There is a lot of red tape.
= There is a lot of beaurocratic paperwork.
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http://olivialocher.com/ifoughtthelaw.jpg
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In California, it is illegal to use human tissue to make biofuel.

In Louisiana, any house with more than 8 unrelated women living together is outlawed as a brothel.
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blue laws: old-fashioned "morality" laws, such as you can't buy alcohol before noon on Sunday (because you should be in church)
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p. 4 A: 3
p. 5 B: (two answers for each one)
1 a b
2 b c (the deputy doesn't actually talk to Pinkwater)
3 a b
4 b c
5 b c
6 a b
7 a c
8 a b
9 a c
power trip: when someone in power (especially law enforcement) enjoys enforcing that power over other people (the supervisor in the story isn't officially detaining Pinkwater, but everyone knows Pinkwater has to stay and listen to his anecdotes)
p. 6-7 part C
1 into			18 into
2 for			19 for
3 to			20 to
4 in			21 with
5 in			22 against
6 of			23 on
7 of			24 to
8 in			25 in
9 of			26 from
10 on			27 in
11 in			28 in
12 for			29 about
13 to			30 from
14 in			31 by
15 of			32 of
16 in			33 with
17 to			34 with
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http://www.wordfrequency.info/free.asp
- list of the 5000 most common words in English
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Write about a time when you or someone you know got into trouble with the police or other authority. (If you never have, write about a friend or invent or "invent" a story.)
- You can email the story to me if you want me to print it out and bring it to class on Tuesday.