Have you noticed that our lives these days are controlled by so many rules? Rules that control how we think what we can’t do, what we can do, what we HAVE to do… Rules for how to behave, how not to behave… Rules, Laws and general conscience control our lives fully and there is no way of getting away from them, as there are rules to forbid that too.

Rules protect us don’t they? But what are they really? Are they a means of control? For they certainly do that… But we as societies demand these rules don’t we? How many of these rules are nothing more than reactionary bandaids to protect people from litigation rather than real attempts to fix problems?

How many laws these days are put into place to each year? How many of these are justifiable new laws which genuinely help society? And how many of these new laws are just bandaid solutions to a problem, or worse yet, are just a bandaid solution so that another new law fits lawfully in with all the rest of the laws.

Here’s a couple of interesting Australian laws to think about courtesy of Amazing Australia.

No vacuum cleaners

Since December 14 it has been against the law in the outer Melbourne suburb of Brimbank to vacuum clean your house between 10pm and 7am on weekdays and 10pm and 9am on weekends, noisy cleaners will cop a $205 on-the-spot fine, which can rise to a $1000 court fine if it is not paid, and subsequent violations attract fines of up to $2000!

Cooking up a crime

In the Douglas Shire in north Queensland, roughly the area
from Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation, it is illegal for guests in a B&B to
use the kitchen, it is illegal for a B&B host to cook the guests dinner, yet
the B&B policy states that dining room must be shared by host and
guests!