Just for fun: If you could commit any crime without any consequences on yourself, what would it be?

I would kill myself, which is still a crime in many states. Since you said there would be no consequences, that would mean I didn't have to stay dead permanently. Then, I wouldn't have to wonder what dying is going to be like all the time and I would be able to answer the myriad Mahalo questions that ask "What do you believe happens when you die."

What's more, I'd create a new class of paranormal experiences, called DEs, which are just like NDEs, without the Near. I would write a book about it, which would be featured on Oprah's Book Club. She would have me on her show and I would talk like a spiritual expert, akin to Eckhart Tolle when he was on the show.

I would try to wipe my hands of the thing, but then some marketing buffoon would con me into doing a bunch of other books, seminars, and other things dedicated to preparing yourself for death. I would get rich against my will. I would conduct another interview with Larry King, and he would ask me, jokingly, "How do you think you're going to die again, permanently?"

I'd reply, just like John Lennon, "Some whacko's probably going to shoot me in the back. " A fundamental religious person would think I'm being heretic by talking about coming back from the dead and would shoot me in the back as I'm returning to my home. I would die permanently, ironically, from my willful experience of dying temporarily.

This, however, would violate your question contingency of "any consequences on myself," and this parallel universe would snap back to its creation, five minutes ago when I first answered this question.

I would like to be able to commit as many dumb and outdated laws as I can in one day. Since I currently live in Alabama, I looked up some of those laws here. dumblaws.com/laws/united-states/alabama I would like to start off the day with a bear wrestling match.(@shadowbear could be the ref with this one) Then I would dress up as a priest while putting on a fake moustache and go to mid morning mass.(I'd be breaking two laws with this one!) After mass, I would buy a pound of fresh roasted peanuts and drive to Lee County to sell them.(I might have to wait and do this one later in the day since it's illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday) While waiting at the railroad tracks where I scattered salt... I would flick a booger into the wind.

(another double law breaker) And lastly, I would then get into my car (with a friend, of course) blindfold myself and ask my friend to steer for me. That would be my mastermind crime spree. I would be breaking at least 7 laws in the state of Alabama.

Wow... what a great day that would be!

Well, I guess I'm boring. But, as a single mom I'd have to rob a bank :).

Wow. I must be evil. I would go to TN, find the jail that houses the murderer of my friend and I'd torture him for 2 hours like he did her... and finish it off by blowing his brains out, like he did to her.OR... just thought of something!

I could just rob a bank. But I would have to do research to see which bank has the most money because I am going to make that worth it by wiping out the bank. Then I could pay some guys in the prison to kill him for me... O_o Hmmm, now that's a better plan!

I'd rob a jewlery store an' tell 'em make me a grill! YAY-UH!

Mine would have to be 'speeding' related :) There is something amazing about speeding across the desert to Vegas in an open top sports car. I would love a 'zero consequences' friday night blast across the desert........ Sunset, Rolling Stones on the stereo, wife in passenger seat and 140mph on the speedo.....

Pass a health care bill in the United States that made both sides of the aisle happy.

Counterfeiting. I've always been told my skills at re-creation are excellent and I'd love to find out if I could get away with it. I would forge documents or currency.

You know, like some of the Masterminds with art or collectables.

I would roll a spleef the size of a bratwurst and toke that puppy all over town, particularly in the "non smoking" section of numerous establishments. I would toke it in the park, in the light or in the dark. I'd smoke it here and I'd smoke it there, I'd smoke and smoke it everywhere.

I would start the day with "wake and bake" and take it out in a blaze of glory with a fine cognac at the end of my bestest day ever. The end.

I'm not sure that I really would choose to commit this crime, but I'd be tempted.... There are a great many people in the world that The Economist likes to term "kleptocrats". They range from rulers that robbed their own countries blind for billions while the people went hungry to private sector robber barons and oligarchs that got rich through extreme ruthlessness and having the odds stacked in their favor, for example because of their political connections. mercycorps.org/rogerburks/blog/16018 news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1120825... newint.org/issue259/kick.htm I'd be tempted to go Robin Hood and steal all these ill-gotten gains and give them back to the people of those countries that badly need them.

But maybe I wouldn't even then, because law is important. And I'm not sure I'd be ok with that. EDIT: If you're looking for an example that is just fun.... Well it'd have to be something enjoyable to do that breaks a ridiculous law.. Maybe I'd have a Harry Potter themed dinner party.

telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/642....

Jaywalking for sure. Simple and convenient.

On the theme of stupid and outdated laws I throw Montana into the ring: One may not pretend to abuse an animal in the presence of a minor. It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone. It is a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.

In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all. It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than missionary style. Seven or more indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them.

Bozeman has a law that bans all sexual activity between members of the opposite sex in the front yard of a home after sundown, but only if they're nude. In Helena a woman can't dance on a table in a saloon or bar unless she has on at least three pounds, two ounces of clothing. Billings Specific: No person shall raise pet rats.

Persons in possession of a “pea shooter” risk it being conviscated by police. It is illegal to bring a bomb or rocket to city council proceedings. Bands who play in clubs where alcohol is served may not leave the stage while performing.

My Personal Favorite: When you get out of prison you are legaly entitled to a gun, a horse and a suit. (they took this off the books a few years back though).

If I could I would rob a bank or braking into NASA and read top secret files, after all who doesn't love money and government secretes.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.