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Are you an aspie and have gotten into trouble with the law?
I am not an aspie or just want to see the results. 8%  8%  [ 9 ]
I am an aspie and have never had any serious problem with the law. 46%  46%  [ 52 ]
I am an aspie and have had close calls with the law but no serious trouble. 21%  21%  [ 24 ]
I am an aspie and have been hauled down town, but released without charges. 12%  12%  [ 14 ]
I'm an aspie and have spent time in jail, prison or otherwise detained by the law. 12%  12%  [ 14 ]
Total votes : 113

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23 Apr 2012, 4:22 am

Have I been in trouble with the law? As in, broken a ... gulp ... rule? 8O

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23 Apr 2012, 6:01 am

Inyanook wrote:
edgewaters wrote:
I don't agree with criminalization but I can't say I was treated all that bad, either. Seems to work just to be polite and courteous and helpful.


Might this depend at least partially on where you live and your ethnicity? I've heard some horror stories.


So have I.

I think it didn't really play much into it either way in my case. I'm Caucasian, and so was the officer and the judge and everybody else practically. I'm in Canada. But, in this area, social divisions don't run along ethnic lines. In this city there are no signifigant ethnic populations with one exception: the university, and the research industries tied to the university. The local population has no signifigant ethnic communities, but, students and professionals associated with the university are mostly from nearby Toronto, which is the most multicultural city on the entire planet (fully 50% of the population born outside the country).

If you're ethnic in this city, it generally means you're affluent. The social friction runs more along cultural and socio-economic lines, not really ethnic. And the fault lines aren't as deep as what you might get in a US city with ethnic friction. Discrimination is done quietly, and ethnic discrimination is more associated with the poor than with the educated, professional classes.



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23 Apr 2012, 7:24 am

Speeding. A lot, a lot...
A former fiance sued me for custody of our cat- that's not really a criminal issue, though.


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23 Apr 2012, 7:32 am

No. I have had the police involved in an incident (won't go into detail; as someone may work out who I am) but it was more a talking to. No law breaking involved.



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23 Apr 2012, 3:35 pm

I am an Aspie and have never had any trouble with the law.


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