So it was not surprising that officials winked at innocuous or even illegal activities.
Well it turns out that even the most innocuous activity can, if done often enough, have a significant impact on wildlife.
Physical proximity amplifies and distorts the behavior of others, and can make even innocuous activities seem offensive.
The roundup included at least 10 independent librarians, whose only crimes were maintaining private book collections and sharing these books with others - innocuous activity that in many countries, including our own, is encouraged.
Menisci can be torn during innocuous activities such as walking or squatting.
Various innocuous activities and experiences become rude or even signs of bad luck when the left hand becomes involved.
A country whose next logical move would be to tax, invest, build a factory, or do some other innocuous activity is likely not an immediate military threat.
Seems a pretty innocuous activity to me.
But especially at this age, your boys may find any parental scrutiny - even of the most innocuous activities - embarrassing.
Profits and Other Crimes Complicating the enforcement of antigambling laws, Inspector Biehler said, is a perception in the communities that illegal gambling "is basically an innocuous activity."