Is naivety a crime?

Not the willfull ignorance, the really basic “I don’t know and I have never known up until now” kind of naivety. Excuse my lack of better phrasing!

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Answer #1

Not really, but technically it could be. Example: you could be naive to the fact that it’s illegal to dump trash in someone else’s private dumpster.

Answer #2

Then again it’s not really a crime to be naive of the fact, only a crime if you do it, even if you are naive. Now I’m confused.

Answer #3

Maybe he means that if you used naivety or claiming to not know something was a law and then using that as an excuse to get away. At first I thought he was talking about native people before i read the description

Answer #4

Me TOO, Annie… Kind of reminds me of “Ignorance of the law is no excuse”…

I imagine that it comes down to what is reasonable for a person of a certain age- like an 8 year old who shoots someone with a ‘real’ gun because their perception is (at that age) that guns are just ‘toys’…

So to me there are obvious levels of ‘naivety’ which relate to the individual’s maturity and mental capacity- having worked with ‘challenged’ young adults I know that what they perceive as OK is a very ‘naive’ viewpoint for most of us who operate on a more mature level.

Answer #5

You Could Claim,, I Didn’t Know The That Speed Limit Through There Is Only 35 Despite Having Seen The Sign Half A Mile Back..That’s Not Right And You Know It’s Not.. But If You Say.. Like Me.. I Didn’t Know That Vodka And Whiskey Have Different Alcohol Contents Because I Really Don’t Know The Difference.. Since I Don’t Drink. So It Can Be A Crime To Pretend.. You Didn’t Know

Answer #6

Then comes the issue of whether these things that other people think you should know are of importance to know on a day to day basis. I think I can fathom with speed limits but as for alcohol content; I’m a little iffy on the importance of that one.