§ 003 — The transparent rubric
Methodology
How the gray gets measured. Every formula, every weight, every question, with sources. Published so you can argue with it.
§ 003·a
The shade
Every quiz result is a single number from 00 to 100. 00 is total black — never legal. 100 is total white — never illegal. The space between is the gray you operate in.
shade = 100 × (1 − Σ(intensityₐ × severityₐ) / Σ(severityₐ))
Each answer has an intensity(0 for “never”, 1 for “always” or a single yes). Each question has a severity rooted in the relevant statute — petty stuff like jaywalking lands near 1; assault near 60; the most serious acts near 90. The weighted average is subtracted from 100.
This means a single admission of a high-severity act pulls your shade down hard; many admissions of small severities accumulate mildly. That matches the way the law itself thinks about gray.
§ 003·b
The ten axes
Two people can land on the same shade for very different reasons. Each question also loads onto one or more of these ten axes, so your archetype reflects why, not just how much.
- 01Principled ↔ Pragmaticdecide by moral principle or by outcome.
- 02Rebel ↔ Conformistpush against rules or stay within them.
- 03Victim-facing ↔ Victimlessidentifiable victim, or nobody hurts.
- 04Self-harming ↔ Other-harmingwhen harm exists, who pays — you or someone else.
- 05Calculated ↔ Spontaneousplanned or impulsive.
- 06Ideological ↔ Opportunisticfor beliefs or for convenience.
- 07Private ↔ Performativequietly or loudly about it.
- 08Upward-punching ↔ Downward-punchingtargets above or below you in power.
- 09Active ↔ Omissivedo gray things, or just omit and not-report.
- 10Legal-realist ↔ Legal-absolutistlaw is legitimate, or rules someone made up.
§ 003·c
The fifty bands
The 0–100 scale is sliced into fifty named bands. Your shade lands in one and inherits its name. Two shades apart means a different flavor.
- 00Void
- 02Obsidian
- 04Tar
- 06Ink
- 08Midnight
- 10Carbon
- 12Graphite
- 14Anthracite
- 16Slate
- 18Pitch
- 20Lead
- 22Iron
- 24Storm
- 26Thunder
- 28Shadow
- 30Dusk
- 32Ash
- 34Smoke
- 36Gunmetal
- 38Flint
- 40Pewter
- 42Basalt
- 44Steel
- 46Nickel
- 48Tungsten
- 50True Gray
- 52Dove
- 54Cloud
- 56Fog
- 58Mist
- 60Pearl
- 62Pumice
- 64Stone
- 66Lunar
- 68Silver
- 70Platinum
- 72Dune
- 74Driftwood
- 76Parchment
- 78Canvas
- 80Linen
- 82Marble
- 84Chalk
- 86Alabaster
- 88Bone
- 90Cotton
- 92Porcelain
- 94Milk
- 96Snow
- 98Pristine
§ 003·d
The fifty archetypes
Each archetype is anchored to a shade and described by a dominant cluster of axes. Your final archetype is the nearest-neighbour match within your shade band.
- 03The VoidA profile so dark it is mostly theoretical.Pragmatic · Rebel · Victim-facing · Other-harming
- 12The Career CriminalGray is the job, not the occasional lapse.Pragmatic · Rebel · Other-harming · Opportunistic
- 16The Silent SmugglerMoves things across lines, quietly and profitably.Pragmatic · Calculated · Opportunistic · Private
- 20The Ideological OutlawBreaks the law for the cause, and will tell you why.Principled · Rebel · Ideological · Upward-punching
- 22The Street FixerKeeps the block running by knowing which rules to skip.Active · Pragmatic · Rebel
- 22The Addict's OrbitGray is not a choice here, it's gravity.Self-harming · Spontaneous · Opportunistic · Private
- 25The Silent ActivistSabotage without a banner, principle without applause.Principled · Rebel · Ideological · Private
- 28The RevolutionaryEverything is theatre and everything is political.Principled · Rebel · Ideological · Performative
- 28The Righteous VigilanteHarms the bad guys so you don't have to.Victim-facing · Other-harming · Active · Rebel
- 28The Domestic FraudsterPaperwork is a scalpel in the right hands.Other-harming · Calculated · Private · Active
- 30The Black-Market NativeGrew up knowing which websites actually have the thing.Victimless · Active · Legal-realist · Pragmatic
- 32The Gray EntrepreneurMoves first, reads the statute later, shrugs sometimes.Pragmatic · Active · Calculated · Opportunistic
- 32The Protest VanguardFirst row, pepper spray in hair, bail money ready.Principled · Rebel · Ideological · Upward-punching
- 33The Civil DisobedientGets arrested on purpose, politely.Principled · Ideological · Upward-punching · Active
- 35The SquatterEmpty buildings make no sense while anyone's cold.Rebel · Upward-punching · Ideological · Active
- 36The Crypto PirateEvery torrent is a vote against the model.Legal-realist · Victimless · Rebel · Upward-punching
- 38The Street PhilosopherEvery vice has a Nietzsche quote ready to go.Self-harming · Legal-realist · Victimless · Rebel
- 38The Loud VeganTrespass for chickens counts as civic duty.Principled · Victim-facing · Ideological · Performative
- 40The Coffee-Shop RegularTechnically legal here, morally legal everywhere, supposedly.Victimless · Self-harming · Opportunistic · Legal-realist
- 40The Tax GymnastEvery bracket is a dance floor.Pragmatic · Calculated · Private · Opportunistic
- 42The Honest PirateDownloads first, buys merch later, sleeps fine.Victimless · Legal-realist
- 42The Loophole HunterReads terms-of-service for sport.Calculated · Pragmatic · Victimless · Opportunistic
- 45The HustlerThe side gig has a side gig. Nothing personal.Pragmatic · Opportunistic
- 48The Moral PragmatistIt depends. It always depends.Pragmatic
- 50True GrayThe exact middle, calibrated to the national mean.Balanced
- 58The Fietser Door RoodOne small gray per intersection, daily. Very Dutch.Spontaneous · Opportunistic · Legal-realist · Pragmatic
- 58The Moral GossipKnows everyone's sins, shares them for our own good.Other-harming · Victim-facing · Performative · Downward-punching
- 60The Parking RebelTen minutes won't hurt anybody. Twenty, then, fine.Opportunistic · Pragmatic · Private · Victimless
- 60The White-Lies DiplomatLies kindly, frequently, for social lubrication.Pragmatic · Opportunistic
- 62The Suburban ChancerGood lawn, mediocre tax return, occasional fib.Opportunistic · Private · Pragmatic
- 62The Weekender LibertineSaturday night is a different legal regime.Self-harming · Victimless · Spontaneous · Opportunistic
- 62The Moral CentristBoth sides, mostly, comfortably.Balanced
- 65The Law-Abiding CynicPlays by rules they don't believe in.Omissive · Legal-realist · Conformist · Private
- 65The Quiet ResisterSays no softly, slows things down, stays unreadable.Private · Principled · Ideological · Calculated
- 65The Armchair RadicalFury online, mild offline, never arrested for anything.Performative · Omissive · Ideological · Upward-punching
- 70The Good Citizen with FootnotesLaw-abiding, but has thought experiments.Conformist · Calculated · Private
- 70The Tax CompliantPays the full bill on principle and fear in equal part.Conformist · Calculated · Private · Legal-absolutist
- 75The Silent EthicistHas a rubric, wouldn't bore you with it.Principled · Calculated · Private · Ideological
- 78The Dutiful AccountantRows tidy, ledgers clean, conscience audited monthly.Calculated · Conformist · Private · Legal-absolutist
- 78The Rule-MakerWrites the thing you comply with. Mostly complies too.Calculated · Downward-punching · Active · Conformist
- 80The InstitutionalistDefends the rules because the rules made the life possible.Conformist · Legal-absolutist · Principled · Active
- 82The Letter-of-the-Law AbsolutistSpirit, letter — letter wins.Conformist · Legal-absolutist · Principled · Calculated
- 85The Straight ArrowMeans it. No angle, no irony, no gray corners.Principled · Conformist · Legal-absolutist · Private
- 85The Holier-Than-ThouVirtuous, keen that you notice.Performative · Principled · Other-harming · Conformist
- 85The Perfect NeighborHome association board, silent curtain twitch, clean tax.Conformist · Calculated · Other-harming · Legal-absolutist
- 85The Moral BystanderClean hands, averted eyes, perfect receipts.Conformist · Omissive · Private
- 92The Quiet SaintUnusually good. Doesn't mention it.Principled · Private · Ideological · Self-harming
- 95The CloisteredWithdrawn so far from temptation the gray can't reach.Private · Omissive · Conformist
- 98PristineStatistically improbable. Sleeping exceptionally well.Principled · Conformist · Ideological · Legal-absolutist
- 100The Aspirational AbsoluteHypothetical. Nobody scores here and means it.Principled · Conformist · Victimless · Self-harming
§ 003·e
The questions
The live NL bank, grouped by topic. Each entry shows the prompt, format, jurisdictional severity, statute citation, answer intensities, and the axes it loads onto.
84 questions authored · more to come to reach 80
How often do you use copyrighted music or TV/film clips in your own social-media posts without a license?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 3 / 100
- Citation
- Auteurswet art. 12-13 — Platform licences don't transfer to your content.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -70 · Victimless 50 · Performative 50
How often do you download or stream pirated movies, shows, music, or software?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- Auteurswet art. 45
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -70 · Victimless 60
How often do you use or share a paid streaming account (Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, etc.) outside the household?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 2 / 100
- Citation
- Auteurswet · civiel
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 70 · Opportunistic 50 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you browse ad-supported sites with an ad-blocker on?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- civiel · ToS
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 50 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you access someone else's accounts (email, social, work) without their explicit permission?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 25 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 138ab · computervredebreuk
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victim-facing -70 · Private -70 · Other-harming 60
How often do you scrape, harvest, or share personal data of others without consent?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 20 / 100
- Citation
- AVG / GDPR · Sr art. 138ab
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victim-facing -60 · Other-harming 60 · Calculated -60
How often do you use fake IDs or impersonate documents online (age verification, identity forms)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 231 · art. 225
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 60 · Opportunistic 60 · Rebel -40
How often do you use AI to impersonate someone's voice, image, or writing without their consent?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 25 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 139h (deepfake seksuele beelden) · AVG
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victim-facing -70 · Other-harming 60 · Calculated -60
Someone awful is in the news. Publishing their home address and workplace would turn up consequences. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 285b · stalking / Sr art. 261
- Answers
- Never — consequences belong to courts (0.00) · Share what's already public, nothing new (0.20) · Amplify if the target is powerful enough (0.60) · Post everything — let people find them (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often do you write or buy fake reviews (for your own business, a friend's, or against a competitor)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 10 / 100
- Citation
- Wet oneerlijke handelspraktijken · art. 6:194
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Opportunistic 70 · Calculated -60
How often do you use cannabis in a private setting (home, a friend's place)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- Opiumwet art. 3 · lijst II — Tolerated for personal use under 5g.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 80 · Self-harming -80 · Legal-realist -60
How often do you smoke cannabis in public, outside a coffee shop?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- Opiumwet art. 3 · APV — Locally restricted; many municipalities ban public use.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 60 · Legal-realist -60 · Self-harming -50
How often do you use hard drugs (Opiumwet lijst I — MDMA, cocaine, heroin, etc.)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 25 / 100
- Citation
- Opiumwet art. 2 · lijst I
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Self-harming -80 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you share drugs with friends at parties or gatherings?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 18 / 100
- Citation
- Opiumwet art. 2 · art. 3 — Giving is technically dealing under the Opiumwet.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -70 · Rebel -40 · Victimless 40
How often do you use substances (recreational or harder) during work hours?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 12 / 100
- Citation
- Arbowet · Opiumwet
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Private -70 · Opportunistic 60 · Self-harming -50
How often do you drive or cycle after using recreational substances?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 18 / 100
- Citation
- Wegenverkeerswet art. 8
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 50 · Opportunistic 50 · Legal-realist -50
A 17-year-old asks you to buy them alcohol at the shop. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 30 / 100
- Citation
- Drank- en Horecawet art. 20 · Opiumwet
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Explain why I won't (0.10) · Beer but not spirits (0.50) · Whatever they ask, as long as they're safe about it (0.80) · I've done this plenty (1.00)
- Axes
- —
A friend is in pain. You have leftover prescription painkillers or antibiotics. How often do you share?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- Geneesmiddelenwet art. 40 — Prescription meds are personal; passing them on is illegal regardless of intent.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -60 · Pragmatic 50
How often do you set off fireworks outside the legal NYE window (Dec 31 18:00 → Jan 1 02:00)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 3 / 100
- Citation
- Vuurwerkbesluit art. 2.3.6
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -60 · Spontaneous 50 · Rebel -40
How often do you fish in Dutch public water without carrying a valid VISpas?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 3 / 100
- Citation
- Visserijwet 1963 art. 9 — VISpas is required for most public inland water.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -60 · Victimless 40 · Opportunistic 40
How often have you picked wildflowers, mushrooms, or plants inside a Dutch nature reserve or along a path marked as protected?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- Wet natuurbescherming art. 3.5 · 3.10 — Picking protected species or within Natura 2000 zones is prohibited.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 60 · Legal-realist -60
You witness a serious crime being committed on a stranger. What do you usually do?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 450 (hulpverlening) · morele plicht
- Answers
- Intervene if I safely can, always call police (0.00) · Call police, stay at safe distance (0.10) · Record, but don't call (0.60) · Move on, not my business (0.90)
- Axes
- —
A close friend confesses to something genuinely serious — violence, a major fraud, a sexual assault. What's your move?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 136 (for specific crimes) · otherwise moral
- Answers
- Push them to confess; would report if they don't (0.10) · Push them to confess, wouldn't report myself (0.30) · Keep their secret, push them to get help (0.60) · Not my problem to fix (1.00)
- Axes
- —
You see someone clearly in trouble (distress, medical, homelessness crisis). How often do you actually engage?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 2 / 100
- Citation
- non-criminal · moral
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Omissive 80 · Private -60 · Pragmatic 40
When your employer, industry, or government is clearly doing climate harm, how loud are you about it?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- non-criminal · moral/civic
- Answers
- Louder than most — I organise around it (0.00) · Vocal publicly, but don't organise (0.30) · Gripe privately, not publicly (0.60) · Don't engage — not my fight (0.90)
- Axes
- —
You see someone drop a wallet with €400 in it. They've walked off, didn't notice. What do you do?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 10 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 310 (diefstal) · art. 321 (verduistering)
- Answers
- Run after them, return it (0.00) · Take it to police (0.00) · Leave it, someone else will deal with it (0.40) · Keep it, quietly (0.80)
- Axes
- —
At a self-checkout, the scanner misses an item. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 310
- Answers
- Stop the machine, call staff (0.00) · Rescan the item and pay (0.10) · Realise it, let it go — not my problem (0.60) · Bag without rescanning, keep moving (0.85) · I look for the glitch on purpose sometimes (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often have you taken stuff, time, or resources from an employer that wasn't yours to take?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 12 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 321 · art. 322
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Private -70 · Pragmatic 60 · Opportunistic 60
How often have you damaged property that wasn't yours (graffiti, breaking things in anger, deliberate scratches)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 350
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 70 · Rebel -50 · Other-harming 50
How comfortable would you be taking over an empty building for yourself or for others who need shelter?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 12 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 138-138a (huisvredebreuk · kraken verboden sinds 2010)
- Answers
- Never — property rights matter (0.00) · Only in a genuine emergency (0.30) · If it's sat empty long enough — yes (0.70) · Have done it (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often do you keep borrowed items — books, tools, cables — you know you should return?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 2 / 100
- Citation
- civiel · bruikleen
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 50 · Private -50 · Spontaneous 40
How often do you buy something second-hand when the price or circumstance tells you it was probably stolen?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 416 · heling
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 70 · Legal-realist -70 · Pragmatic 60
How often do you pocket cash or objects you find in public (bench, café, parking lot)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 321 · BW 5:5
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 60 · Pragmatic 50 · Private -50
How often do you show up physically to protests for causes you care about?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- Grondwet art. 9 · Wet openbare manifestaties
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Ideological -70 · Active -70 · Performative 60
How comfortable are you with blocking roads, bridges, or infrastructure for a cause?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 12 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 162 · Wegenverkeerswet art. 5
- Answers
- Not comfortable at all (0.00) · OK with supporting, not with being there (0.30) · I've been part of one (0.70) · I help organise them (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How comfortable are you breaking a law you consider clearly unjust?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- contextual · depends on the law broken
- Answers
- Law is law — I work within it (0.00) · Comfortable in spirit, haven't done it (0.30) · Have done it, small things (0.70) · I've taken real risks for it (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How comfortable are you occupying a government or corporate space to make a point?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 10 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 138 · huisvredebreuk
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Rebel -80 · Ideological -80 · Upward-punching -80
How often do you put up posters, stencils, or graffiti for causes in public without permission?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 350 · APV
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Rebel -50 · Ideological -50
Think about intimate situations where the other person's enthusiasm felt uncertain. Where do you usually land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 60 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 239-246 (Wet seksuele misdrijven 2024)
- Answers
- Full stop, ask, and don't restart without clear yes (0.00) · Pause, check in verbally (0.10) · Read body language, keep going if it seems fine (0.50) · Keep going unless they clearly say no (0.80) · Have pushed past hesitation more than once (1.00)
- Axes
- —
Someone you're interested in says they're not interested. Over the following weeks — where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 35 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 246 (aanranding) · art. 285b (stalking)
- Answers
- Accept it and move on (0.00) · One more attempt later, then drop it (0.30) · Keep reaching out periodically (0.60) · Try harder — treat silence as 'maybe' (0.90) · I've kept going past clear 'nos' before (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often have you paid for or sold sexual services?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- Wetboek van Strafrecht art. 273f (illegale vormen) · overige legaal in NL
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Private -70 · Legal-realist -70
Someone you've been with sent you a private image. The relationship ends badly. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 55 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 139h · wraakporno
- Answers
- Delete, never show anyone, ever (0.00) · Keep for myself, never share (0.20) · Showed one friend, regretted it (0.50) · Shown to more than one person privately (0.85) · Posted or sent to a wider group (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How comfortable are you with large age gaps in relationships where the younger partner is under 21?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 245 · art. 247-249
- Answers
- Uncomfortable and wouldn't pursue (0.00) · Fine if they're legal age and clearly consenting (0.40) · Pursued it myself, older side (0.70) · Have pursued even below legal age (1.00)
- Axes
- —
When filling official forms, the grey fields — living-together status, dates, small amounts — where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 18 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 225 · valsheid in geschrifte
- Answers
- Strict accuracy, err in favour of the authority (0.00) · Read questions literally, answer literally (0.20) · Slight interpretation in my favour (0.50) · Strategic phrasing when it saves me money (0.80) · Whatever makes the number work (1.00)
- Axes
- —
Police or gemeente official asks you something you'd rather not answer. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 35 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 207 · meineed
- Answers
- Full truth even if it costs me (0.00) · Answer what's asked, volunteer nothing (0.30) · Shade the truth to avoid trouble (0.70) · Outright lie when it's necessary (0.90) · I've lied in formal interviews before (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often do you post things about identifiable individuals online that you know are false or unfair?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 261-262 (smaad/laster) · art. 266
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Performative 80 · Victim-facing -60 · Other-harming 60
When discussing groups (religion, race, orientation, nationality), how close to the line do you go?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 137c-137g
- Answers
- I don't make group-based jokes at all (0.00) · Jokes among friends, not in public (0.30) · I'll say it in public if I believe it (0.70) · I go hard on groups I think deserve it (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often do you share personal details about people that they didn't authorise you to share?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- AVG · civiel
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Performative 60 · Victim-facing -40 · Other-harming 40
How often do you lie to a partner or close family about things they'd want to know?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- non-criminal · relational
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Private -70 · Pragmatic 60 · Other-harming 50
How often do you work for cash that goes undeclared (zwart werk)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Wet op de loonbelasting 1964 · Sr art. 225
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Private -70 · Opportunistic 50
How often do you stretch the truth on deductions or business expenses when filing taxes?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 18 / 100
- Citation
- AWR art. 68-69 · Sr art. 225
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 80 · Calculated -70 · Opportunistic 70
At tax time, side income from cash gigs, tips, or under-the-table work — where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 20 / 100
- Citation
- AWR art. 68-69
- Answers
- Report all of it, down to the cent (0.00) · Report most, round down on small cash (0.30) · Report trackable stuff, skip the cash (0.60) · Report only what was already on a payslip (0.90) · I don't declare side income (1.00)
- Axes
- —
Have you ever claimed a benefit or allowance (toeslagen, WW, huurtoeslag) while knowing you didn't fully qualify?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 35 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 227b · Awir
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once (0.40) · More than once (0.80) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How often do you stretch a truth (or add a bit) on insurance claims?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 22 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 326 · oplichting
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Opportunistic 70 · Private -70
How often do you use legal-but-aggressive tax constructions (shell entities, offshore, aggressive structures)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- AWR · legal but ethically adjacent
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Calculated -90 · Pragmatic 80 · Opportunistic 60
How often do you not declare crypto or foreign investment gains when filing box 3?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Wet IB 2001 · box 3
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Opportunistic 70 · Private -70
How often do you (or your family) under-declare inheritance or gifts to reduce tax?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 25 / 100
- Citation
- Successiewet · AWR art. 69
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Private -90 · Pragmatic 80 · Calculated -80
How often do you put personal purchases on a company card or claim them as business?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 20 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 225 · art. 321
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 80 · Opportunistic 80 · Private -70
How often do you cycle without a working bell or light at night?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 2 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 30a · art. 35 — Bell and front/rear light are legally required.
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 50 · Legal-realist -50 · Victimless 40
How often do you turn on your bike without signalling with your arm?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 54
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 60 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you cycle through a red light?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 3 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 62
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 70 · Spontaneous 60 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you drive more than 20 km/h over the speed limit?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Wegenverkeerswet art. 20 · RVV 1990
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 50 · Legal-realist -40
How often do you use your phone while driving or cycling?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 6 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 61a
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 60 · Spontaneous 50 · Legal-realist -40
How often do you skip signalling turns or lane changes?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 2 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 54
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Legal-realist -50 · Spontaneous 40
How often do you tailgate someone going slower than you'd like?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 4 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 19
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 60 · Other-harming 50 · Opportunistic 50
How often do you park where you technically shouldn't (loading zones, disabled spots, blocked driveways)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 24
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 70 · Legal-realist -50 · Other-harming 40
How often do you board a tram, bus, or train without checking in (zwartrijden)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 6 / 100
- Citation
- Wp2000 art. 70
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 60 · Pragmatic 50
How often do you ride a moped or e-scooter without the required helmet?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 60
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Self-harming -70 · Spontaneous 50 · Legal-realist -50
How often do you cross on a red pedestrian signal?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 1 / 100
- Citation
- RVV 1990 art. 49
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Victimless 90 · Spontaneous 70 · Legal-realist -60
How often do you cycle home after more than two drinks?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Wegenverkeerswet art. 8
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Spontaneous 50 · Opportunistic 50 · Self-harming -40
When someone really crosses a line with you physically — a shove, a threat — where do you usually land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 25 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 300 · art. 41 (noodweer)
- Answers
- Never been close to that situation (0.00) · De-escalate and walk away (0.20) · Hold the line verbally, no physical (0.40) · Got physical, but only reactively (0.70) · I've been the one to start it (1.00)
- Axes
- —
Someone pushes your buttons in a bar or out at night. Their friend tells them to stop but they keep going. What's your usual next step?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 18 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 266 (belediging) · art. 300
- Answers
- Ignore, walk to another part of the place (0.00) · Tell them to back off, no more (0.30) · Get in their face, see if they escalate (0.70) · First punch usually lands better than second (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How close does a threat have to get before you'd use physical force to stop it?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 41 (noodweer)
- Answers
- Only if I'm actually being attacked right now (0.00) · If they clearly move toward me with intent (0.20) · If their posture screams fight (0.50) · Pre-emptive is smarter — strike first, apologize later (1.00)
- Axes
- —
You see a stranger being physically attacked in the street. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 6 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 41 · art. 450 (verlatend/hulpverlening)
- Answers
- Intervene physically to stop it (0.40) · Shout, distract, record, call police (0.10) · Call police, stay at a distance (0.20) · Keep walking, not my fight (0.90)
- Axes
- —
Household arguments over the years. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 45 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 300 · art. 304 (huiselijk geweld)
- Answers
- Never physical in any direction (0.00) · A slammed door, maybe a thrown object (0.30) · One-off shove or slap, discussed after (0.60) · Multiple moments where someone ended up hurt (0.90) · It's been a recurring pattern (1.00)
- Axes
- —
Your pet does something frustrating at 3am. Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 20 / 100
- Citation
- Wet dieren art. 2.1 · Sr art. 254
- Answers
- Sigh, handle it, never physical (0.00) · Raise voice, no contact (0.20) · A swat, immediately regret it (0.60) · I sometimes shove them harder than needed (0.85) · I've hit or kicked an animal in frustration (1.00)
- Axes
- —
If you've raised or helped raise children — where do you land on physical discipline?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 30 / 100
- Citation
- BW 1:247 · Sr art. 300
- Answers
- Never physical, ever (0.00) · A firm hold to stop danger, no more (0.20) · A light smack occasionally in the early years (0.60) · Regular smacking was part of the household (0.90) · Physical discipline was how we ran things (1.00)
- Axes
- —
How many times in your life have you been the one to start a physical fight?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 28 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 300
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Active -100 · Victim-facing -80 · Other-harming 80
How often do you stretch the truth on a CV or job application (dates, titles, skills)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 10 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 225 (if used contractually)
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Opportunistic 70 · Calculated -50
How often do you spend a significant chunk of paid work hours on personal things (with nobody asking)?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 3 / 100
- Citation
- civiel · arbeidsovereenkomst
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 60 · Private -60 · Victimless 50
How often do you run a side gig or freelance work on your employer's time or equipment?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 6 / 100
- Citation
- civiel · Sr art. 321 if material
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Opportunistic 70 · Private -70 · Pragmatic 60
How often do you inflate or add a bit to expense claims at work?
- Format
- likert
- Severity · NL
- 15 / 100
- Citation
- Sr art. 225 · art. 321
- Answers
- Never (0.00) · Once or twice (0.25) · Sometimes (0.50) · Often (0.75) · Routinely (1.00)
- Axes
- Pragmatic 70 · Opportunistic 70 · Private -70
You see your employer doing something clearly shady (fraud, safety cover-up, serious harassment). Where do you land?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 8 / 100
- Citation
- Huis voor klokkenluiders · Wet bescherming klokkenluiders
- Answers
- Report internally and escalate externally if ignored (0.00) · Report internally only (0.20) · Flag it to trusted colleagues, don't escalate (0.50) · Keep my head down — not my job to fix it (0.90)
- Axes
- —
You see workplace discrimination or harassment aimed at a colleague. What's your usual move?
- Format
- scenario
- Severity · NL
- 5 / 100
- Citation
- AWGB · Sr art. 137c-137g
- Answers
- Intervene publicly and support the colleague (0.00) · Check in privately, push them to report (0.20) · Mention it once, drop it if it's awkward (0.60) · Stay out — everyone's an adult (0.90)
- Axes
- —
§ 003·f
The figures
Figures you can compare your shade against. Fictional characters are estimated opinion; real people appear only with public-record citations.
39 fictional · 51 real
- 03Omni-Man · Nolan GraysonInvincible
Slaughters the Guardians of the Globe in the first episode. Viltrumite conquest is the plan; earth is the warm-up.
- 05Yujiro HanmaBaki the Grappler
Kills bears and tigers barehanded, defeated the US military in Vietnam personally, treats the planet like a sparring partner.
- 06Hannibal LecterSilence of the Lambs
Cultured cannibal; serial killer with a palette.
- 06Frank UnderwoodHouse of Cards
Murders rivals, corrupts the presidency, breaks the fourth wall about it.
- 07Anton ChigurhNo Country for Old Men
Contract killer who flips coins for your life.
- 08Alex DeLargeA Clockwork Orange
Beatings, rapes, home invasions — all with a Beethoven soundtrack.
- 09Tony SopranoThe Sopranos
Mob boss; murder, extortion, beatings, relentless self-justification.
- 10Walter WhiteBreaking Bad
Cooks industrial meth, orders murders, ruins his family on the way down.
- 10Tony MontanaScarface
Cartel empire, violence, cocaine-mountain coda.
- 11Norman BatesPsycho
Taxidermy, matricide, motel murder. Classic.
- 12Michael CorleoneThe Godfather
War hero turned Don; orders the Five Families wiped out.
- 12The JokerDC Comics · The Dark Knight
Chaos for its own sake; mass murder as a punchline.
- 14Dexter MorganDexter
Serial killer with a code. Still a serial killer.
- 18Light YagamiDeath Note
Uses the Death Note to execute criminals worldwide. Self-appointed god of the new world.
- 18Eren YeagerAttack on Titan
Initiates the Rumbling — genocide framed as existential self-defence.
- 20Tyler DurdenFight Club
Anti-consumerist cell, arson, mass property destruction — all fun.
- 20Frank Castle · The PunisherMarvel Comics
Vigilante; executes criminals without trial. Self-assigned jurisdiction.
- 22Travis BickleTaxi Driver
God's lonely man; mass shooting as rescue mission.
- 22Biscuit Oliva · Mr. UnchainedBaki the Grappler
US federal prison's 'warden' who keeps prisoners he enjoys fighting.
- 25Annalise KeatingHow to Get Away with Murder
Defence lawyer who teaches, participates in, and covers up killings.
- 26Gordon GekkoWall Street
Insider trading, market manipulation, 'greed is good' as ethos.
- 28Jesse PinkmanBreaking Bad
Dealer, cook, occasional killer; drifts rather than decides.
- 30Lelouch vi BritanniaCode Geass
Leads a rebellion, mass-manipulates, kills an emperor — then a self-martyr ending.
- 30Omar LittleThe Wire
Robs drug dealers at gunpoint, has a code, Baltimore folk hero.
- 32Lisbeth SalanderMillennium trilogy
Hacks, defrauds, retaliates with force against documented abusers.
- 38Robin HoodEnglish folklore
Armed robbery, explicit redistribution politics, outlaw by choice.
- 48Katniss EverdeenThe Hunger Games
Kills to survive, becomes the face of a revolt she didn't plan.
- 52Bruce Wayne · BatmanDC Comics
Vigilantism, trespass, assault, but refuses to kill. Strict rules, elastic legality.
- 55Don DraperMad Men
Serial infidelity, identity fraud since Korea, chronic lying without joy.
- 58Mark Grayson · InvincibleInvincible
Heroic intent; lethal in practice, collateral damage is an ongoing problem.
- 60Jean ValjeanLes Misérables
Stole bread, broke parole; spent the rest of his life becoming a saint about it.
- 68Ferris BuellerFerris Bueller's Day Off
Truancy, forgery, charming municipal chaos, zero body count.
- 72Don QuixoteDon Quixote
Delusional and well-meaning; the small damage is incidental.
- 75Michael ScottThe Office
Casual offence and small lies by the dozen, but nothing malicious.
- 82Hermione GrangerHarry Potter
Rule-follower who bends rules for justice, under protest, with footnotes.
- 90Atticus FinchTo Kill a Mockingbird
Defends the unpopular, declines corruption, pays for it. Near-archetype of integrity.
- 92Samwise GamgeeThe Lord of the Rings
Loyal, brave, kind, zero wrongdoing — even the Ring couldn't keep its grip.
- 94Leslie KnopeParks and Recreation
Earnest civic service, follows every rule, makes binders for her rules.
- 96Paddington BearPaddington
Aggressively polite, makes everyone around him better. Has not committed a crime.
- 02Ted Bundy
Confessed to 30 murders; likely many more. Executed 1989.
- 03Pablo Escobar
Narco-terrorism, thousands of documented killings, bombings.
- 04Charles Manson
Orchestrated the Tate-LaBianca murders through the 'Family'.
- 05Al Capone
Organised crime, St. Valentine's Day Massacre, ultimately jailed for tax evasion.
- 05Jeffrey Epstein
Convicted 2008 for procurement of a minor; federal sex-trafficking charges pending at his 2019 death.
- 07Ghislaine Maxwell
Convicted of sex trafficking minors for Epstein's network.
- 07John Gotti
Gambino crime family boss; RICO conviction including murder charges.
- 08Vladimir Putin
ICC arrest warrant for alleged unlawful deportation of children from occupied Ukraine.
- 09Bernie Madoff
Ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, roughly $65B nominal.
- 09Harvey Weinstein
Convicted of rape and sexual assault in multiple jurisdictions.
↗ New York (2020, 2024 retrial) · California (2022) · UK indicted
- 10Willem Holleeder
Notorious Dutch organised-crime figure. Multiple convictions including complicity in several contract killings.
- 12Joran van der Sloot
Dutch; convicted in Peru for the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores. Separately pleaded guilty in US for extortion.
- 15Ross Ulbricht
Founded and ran Silk Road; convicted of drug distribution, money laundering, conspiracy.
- 18Sam Bankman-Fried
Convicted of fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering in the FTX collapse.
- 20Silvio Berlusconi
Italian PM four times; convicted in 2013 of tax fraud; multiple other trials and conflicts of interest.
- 22O.J. Simpson
Acquitted criminally for the 1994 killings; civilly liable for wrongful death; later convicted of armed robbery (2008).
↗ California v. Simpson (1995) · civil (1997) · Nevada (2008) · d. 2024
- 22Donald Trump
Convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Civil findings of fraud and sexual abuse. First US president with felony convictions.
↗ People v. Trump (NY, May 2024) · Carroll civil verdicts · NY civil fraud judgment
- 24
- 26Lance Armstrong
Admitted to systematic doping after years of denial; stripped of all seven Tour de France titles.
↗ USADA report (2012) · Oprah interview (2013) · civil whistleblower settlement (2018)
- 28Richard Nixon
Watergate cover-up; resigned the presidency under threat of impeachment.
- 28Benjamin Netanyahu
Long-serving Israeli PM; under indictment on bribery, fraud, and breach of trust charges. Separately, an ICC arrest warrant issued over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
↗ Tel Aviv District Court indictment (2019, trial ongoing) · ICC arrest warrant (Nov 2024)
- 32Julius Caesar
Crossed the Rubicon under arms — textbook illegal insurrection in Roman law.
- 32Michael Jackson
Acquitted on all counts in the 2005 child-molestation trial; substantial civil settlement in an earlier 1993 allegation. Complicated public record.
↗ California v. Jackson (2005 · acquitted) · 1993 civil settlement · d. 2009
- 35Mata Hari
Dutch-born exotic dancer and courtesan; convicted by a French court-martial of spying for Germany in WWI and executed.
- 36Hunter Biden
Convicted on federal firearms charges; pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.
- 38Martha Stewart
Convicted of conspiracy, obstruction, and false statements related to an ImClone stock sale. Served five months.
- 38Geert Wilders
Dutch politician; convicted of inciting discrimination over the 2014 'fewer Moroccans' chant. No fine imposed.
- 40Edward Snowden
Leaked classified NSA surveillance programs; self-disclosed. Principled or criminal is the whole argument.
- 42Keith Richards
Decades of openly admitted heavy drug use; multiple drug arrests; no convictions serious enough to keep a Stone down.
↗ UK & Canadian drug arrests (1967, 1977) · autobiography 'Life' (2010)
- 44Snoop Dogg
Rap career alongside open cannabis advocacy; past arrests; acquitted of 1993 murder-accessory charges.
- 48Bill Clinton
Impeached by the House for perjury and obstruction relating to the Lewinsky matter. Acquitted by the Senate.
- 50Banksy
Anonymous UK street artist; work is, strictly, vandalism; critically and commercially celebrated anyway.
- 52Nelson Mandela
Co-founded MK, sabotage campaigns against apartheid infrastructure. Later Nobel laureate, president.
- 55Theo van Gogh
Dutch filmmaker and provocateur; inflammatory writing, no criminal record. Murdered in 2004.
- 60Anthony Bourdain
Chef, writer, traveller; openly wrote about youthful heroin use and kitchen-industry rough edges. No criminal record.
- 62Martin Luther King Jr.
~29 arrests for civil disobedience in the service of civil rights.
- 62Pim Fortuyn
Dutch politician; highly controversial platform, no criminal record. Assassinated in 2002.
- 64Mahatma Gandhi
Repeated imprisonment for civil disobedience, satyagraha, tax resistance.
- 68Mark Rutte
Longest-serving Dutch PM; multiple cabinet resignations (toeslagenaffaire), repeated 'functional memory' controversies, no criminal record.
- 68Henry David Thoreau
Jailed one night for refusing the poll tax in protest of slavery and the Mexican–American war.
↗ Concord, Massachusetts (1846) · essay 'Civil Disobedience' · d. 1862
- 72Rosa Parks
Arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat — deliberate, organised, catalytic.
- 74Johan Cruyff
Dutch football legend. Public life largely without legal trouble.
- 74Diogenes of Sinope
Lived in a barrel in the agora, insulted Alexander the Great, defaced currency. Cynic philosopher as public provocation.
- 76Voltaire
Imprisoned in the Bastille twice for satire; exiled for the same.
- 78Oscar Wilde
Imprisoned under laws that no longer exist; the offence was being gay in 1895.
- 82Alan Turing
Convicted of 'gross indecency' for a same-sex relationship. Pardoned posthumously.
- 84Galileo Galilei
Convicted of heresy for defending heliocentrism. House arrest for life.
- 86Socrates
Convicted of impiety and corrupting youth; drank hemlock rather than compromise.
- 88Albert Einstein
No documented wrongdoing of public consequence across a very examined life.
- 90Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian missionary; decades of hospice work. Historians' critiques exist; no convictions.
- 96Fred Rogers
No documented wrongdoing of any consequence across a very public life.
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