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.... or even just your country, what would you change? What laws would you have? What would be your main priorities?

Ok, so this basically is what the whole forum and website is about but oh well.

If I ruled the world, I'd make everybody worship me, and I'd have steak dinners 5 times a week (and pizza on the other 2 days!)

.... or even just your country, what would you change? What laws would you have? What would be your main priorities?

Ok, so this basically is what the whole forum and website is about but oh well.
reform drug laws --> linky (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7929092&postcount=1)
more taxes
re-nationalisation of certain key industries
better state education (somehow)
more wealth/income redistributional policies
advance integration in Europe. take up Euro

and maybe ban big brother from TV.


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If i ruled Norway, I would retake control over our oil industry and the newly privatized transport-related companies. I would also subside new industry and research, and divide the church from the state. Finally I would reform the entire educational system, and increase taxes for the richest.

Give every non-essential civil servant 3 months non-paid vacation, but make it look as if it is paid vacation.

Take the saved money.

Flee!

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he he love the smiley :)

And on a totally different note... what kind of metal do you like? Assuming your name refers to your taste in music.

Give every non-essential civil servant 3 months non-paid vacation, but make it look as if it is paid vacation.

Take the saved money.

Flee!

Lol :D

Wouldn't all these steak dinners/ roast chicken dinners get boring after a while? I'd much rather have a personal chef who could cook whatever takes my fancy.

Lol :D

Wouldn't all these steak dinners/ roast chicken dinners get boring after a while? I'd much rather have a personal chef who could cook whatever takes my fancy.

By dinner I meant lunch. Been in Northern England too long.

For real dinner I'd eat my enemies. I'd just make sure I fell out with alot of crispy ducks and the odd pancake (not exclusively though, fortunately I'm a very objectionable guy, so I could fall out with whatever took my fancy!)

What do you mean if?

When I rule the world, it'll be a nicer place, but the things I'd change would be numerous, but not huge.

Why would it be nicer? I'd say it was.

I think I did that once....
Yeah, it got boring.
So after I demanded more weapons,
I nuked the place, and left.
Not in that order.

Besides...
who would want to rule a place full of knuckle-heads anyways?

~Von Psycho-Somatic
10/13/06

For real dinner I'd eat my enemies. I'd just make sure I fell out with alot of crispy ducks and the odd pancake (not exclusively though, fortunately I'm a very objectionable guy, so I could fall out with whatever took my fancy!)

Ah those pesky ducks... now when they get in league with the pancakes can cause mahem, nice dinner though.

You know, I don't think the ducks are crispy to begin with :p

he he love the smiley :)

And on a totally different note... what kind of metal do you like? Assuming your name refers to your taste in music.
check your TGs...

You know, I don't think the ducks are crispy to begin with :p

Do they have to train them or something? well that's ok, thats what taxes are for!!!!

If I ruled the world, I'd build a giant spaceship. Load it full of goodies and about a couple hundred people I like and get the heck off this nutty planet.

What do you mean if?

When I rule the world, it'll be a nicer place, but the things I'd change would be numerous, but not huge.

Why would it be nicer? I'd say it was.

Hey another rival for me to humiliated. That is number 10 well i will conquer the world.

I would annihilate hippies and people who ask for changes to my changes. I will legalized drugs and revive the barter system i then will go to saturns moon named titan with a lot of oxygen to light it up (full of methane) and blow up random people/buildings/regions/planets and go to war with aliens unless i like them or befriended them

Ruling is dull, tiresome and more trouble than it's worth. Have you seen humanity lately? Who would want to rule it?

I wan't to be the Almighty. That way, I can mess with people's heads all day, or lounge by the pool and let the world burn and either way, it's God's Will. :D

damn i forgot a lot

extinct all mosquitos
arrest cats for treason
appoint dogs as governers
turn the beaches into glass then break it
sleep
laugh
breathe
probably fall
destroy what tripped me
laugh again
breathe
think
repeat the things that can be repeated

If I ruled Finland, I'd offer Åland to Russia in exchange for the whole Karelia we lost during the second world war. Karelia would bring a lot of money in Finland (timber and EU-benefits mostly) and when we get rid of Åland with all those swedish cretins, we don't have to care about this annoying (and loud) swedish minority anymore.

I wan't to be the Almighty. That way, I can mess with people's heads all day, or lounge by the pool and let the world burn and either way, it's God's Will. :D

Hehe that does indeed sound like more fun :D

If I ruled the world, I'd remove a lot of laws. My administration would allow all transactions which did not directly harm anybody except consenting parties to take place. Thus people would be able to buy drugs, alcohol, and weapons, perform euthanasia, fight death-matches and do whatever they wanted as long as no person was harmed without consent.

The economy would boom under free-market capitalism, with no government interference except to prevent fraud, theft and damage to person and property.

I would reduce taxation to a negligible amount, since all my government would provide would be a law inforcement service, a basic military, and sufficient public land like roads to facilitate trade and movement.

Note: Since duelling might become common under the new relaxed laws on exchange and enterprise, I'm toying with the idea that my fictional government might also provide referees for such matches, and indeed perhaps for any transaction which involved death or other harm, to ensure that murder was not passed of as one of these legitimate, consenting duels or transactions.

Hey another rival for me to humiliated. That is number 10 well i will conquer the world.

You mean you haven't already defeated all opposition?

Before you ask why Bush alive. He's there for a reason.

*Insert Evil laugh number 4, followed by evil chuckle number 3, and then evil cough number 8*

Your days are numbered.

.... or even just your country, what would you change? What laws would you have? What would be your main priorities?

Ok, so this basically is what the whole forum and website is about but oh well.

I would immediately abdicate! :D

Ruling the world gives the risk of assassination. A better way to make the world a better place is to put truth serum in all the water. Think about all the things it would affect: politics ("actually, we don't give a f*** about your civil rights"), advertizing ("this food tastes awful, and is bad for you too"), criminal investigations & trials ("yep, I'm guilty"), ...

Things I'd do that would be beneficial
Space Program
1) Build a space elevator
2) Design/Construct a fleet of mining vessels. Mine Asteroid belt etc.
3) Build another space elevator
4) Get to work on FTL drives. Colonise rest of Sol while I wait. Ensure human race doesn't die

Other
Ban smoking
Introduce death penalty for drug dealers
For the adictees affected by previous to actions, introudce government-controlled centres to rehabilitate people
Later, introduce death penalty for even petty crime. Pretty soon crime drops.
Ban reality tv shows.
Restrict broadcast of soap operas. They're like scripted reality shows.
Reign in capitalism*
Nuke the hell out terrorists/any other group who don't think I'm doing a good job.
Try to stop global warming/predict supervolcano detonations etc. See space program for alternative if planet goes to hell.
Try to raise general level of education of the masses
...Try to get the British Rail System running on time
*Nothing against it; I'm not communist. "Reign in" sounds more extreme than it is. What would happen would be all the expert scientists competing against one another and working in fields directed by coroporations searching for profit, and turning them to work on projects together (or alone if they work best that way). Eradicate the fears of scientists who don't publish revolutionary ideas for fear of being rejected*. Use godlike-dictatorial influence to ensure scientists have the funding they need. Cure AIDs. Cure cancer. Cure old age. Etc.
*Although, obviously not to the point where any old hick claims the Earth is a giant marshmallow in a duck's stomach and is taken seriously.

Other (i.e. the fun stuff!)
See TST's 7-square kilometre giant palace...

1. 24 hour, free to air cricket channel.

2. Free entry to cricket matches.

3. Paid days off work whenever cricket is on (see point 1).

4. Free beer & pies whenever watching the cricket (on TV or at the ground).

Wait, it's Boonytopia! :p

Serious Answers

Raise tax (especially at high levels)
Nationalise transport
Take a hard line on corruption
Cut bureaucracy
Tax private schools
Bomb all PFIs and abandon the scheme
Get some smart people to carry out extensive analysis of public sectors like education and the health service, then increase spending
Legalise cannabis, consider the legalisation of other drugs which aren't physicially addictive and consider tightening the reigns on the most serious hard drugs
Get the Law Commission to re-do the draft criminal code, implement it all
Sever all political ties with America until they apoint an intelligent leader
Massively reduce financial support for the royal family. Dissolve the House of Lords' political interests, get rid of everyone except the judges.
Award myself a personal salary equal to 1p per week from every person in the country.

Non-Serious Answers

Build a massive dome and craftily drop it over America, sealing them all inside to do whatever the hell they want without interfering with the rest of the world.
Sell the royal family to the french
Offer political power to the manufacturers of quality bitter
Start sending criminals to Auz again
Purchase various hand puppets and blame unpopular decisions on them. Appease the angry crowds with puppet executions.

I've spent far too much time thinking of this :/

If I ruled the world, I'd make everybody worship me...I would assassinate you.

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Sell the royal family to the french/

Yes, but would they buy them? I like your thinking on the puppets too, reminds me of an old Goodies episode. BTW, it's Aus.

I'd introduce the death penalty for everything more than shoplifting. All this whining about people being innocent of their crimes would stop, because seriously, most people have done at least one thing worse than shoplifting. And then, eventually, we'd have no more criminals, and no more crime, and anyone left would be too frightened to try anything.[/sarcasm]

I'd make you all watch IBM's cafe society commercials, all day long. Man, those commercials rock.

If I ruled the world? Oh what a glorious reign that would be! The entire Earth in the grasp of the Iron Fist of Crossman! Well, I would be a benevolent leader, though I would outlaw gansta-rap. And I would do away with most reality-TV. I would put a lot of emphasis on education... and re-education... The world would have peace and we would work towards expanding our species into the stars to create a galactic human empire! (Though I would be tolerant towards any peaceful aliens). Basically, I would rule well. Although I would demend absolute loyalty. But the people would be rewarded well for it. And those who don't? Well, let's just say Antarctica is a cold place...

If I ruled the world, everyone capable of using an automatic rifle would own one.

To hell with criminals. They are animals walking on two legs. :mp5:

If I ruled the world, I'd mold it into my Plutonian Empire, then spread to the ends of the universe, therfore guaranteeing total universal domination!

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Non-Serious Answers

Sell the royal family to the french


Yes, but would they buy them? I like your thinking on the puppets too, reminds me of an old Goodies episode. BTW, it's Aus.

Of course they would - everyone knows how much the french love a good old-fashined monarchy! All we need to do is rename Charles to Louis and give them big silly wigs.
BTW, bleh, typo/slip of concentration.

Serious stuff:
cut useless stuff from the budget for research money
research plauisble forms of planet colinization
study protien based nano-machines
blame everyone i don't like for any failings
Have a party with the southpark guys, masamune shirow, and yoshitaka amano

The "I wish" stuff:
Make a legion of cute assorted demi-humans [catgirls, dragongirls, foxgirls]
then make each one the equivelent of superman so i have an army of devoted succubi and nekomimi to carry out my every whim.

And I'd give one to each of my friends.

Then it'd probly get out of hand and either they would take over or become...I dunno, what's a common monster theme...godzilla sized or cybornetic killing machines. damn my zeal.

Besides that, ban chick flicks and give [adult swim] thier own network and increase thier salary 10 fold.

revive brandon lee

And...KILL JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
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:eek: :mp5:
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Knock down big ugly houses and build a sactuary out of the rubble to hide in. Then I would make chocolate milk run in the water system, plant lots of trees and stick all the rednecks in a cellar somewhere in antarctica.

I'd appoint Pimp Bender as Secretary of Party Down.

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If I ruled the world (which I never should), I'd force people to live well. Or my standards of well, anyway. Kind of like my nation, only not quite as extreme. In most aspects. Probably worse in some areas.

I'd legalise everything that didn't harm an unwillng party. Id rewrite the law from scratch so that there are the bare minimum of laws, clearly described with no ambiguity. These laws would become constitutional.

Enviromental laws would be the only strict legislation that you might not expect, because if you fark up their air, thats assault.

I'd make participation in society completely optional. In return for giving up all your human rights, you wouldn't be bound by any law that is passed.

Criminal law would be progressive for the prosecuted, but massive, brutal retribution would be legal if executed by the person/affiliate of person who was wronged. Basically, if you start something, you have no say in how it ends.

I'd put in an aoutbahn like the Germans. :)

rule as benevolent godking,aided and advised by a coincil elected by independant citystates.

there would be 3 punishments.fines(for minor stuff),slavery(for debters and medium stuff) and death(big stuff)
sex would be mandatory after age of consent ^^
no taxes,goverment supported by sex, gambleing, and drug industrys.
food and medicine for all.
cute priests and priestesses....for my harerrrr temples.
everyone worships MEEEEEEEE
balence between socialism and capitilism.neither of there problems.

.... or even just your country, what would you change? What laws would you have? What would be your main priorities?

Ok, so this basically is what the whole forum and website is about but oh well.

If you smoke tobacco, you will pay your own health bills. I sure as hell won't pitch in to help. Turn from this stupid war on terrorism and go back to war on drugs. Bomb the crap out of Columbia.

Sorry, I'm venting. Don't take me too seriously. On this issue at least... :)

Legalize drugs, prostitution, and make abortion illegal. (With far more informative sex ed courses so the kids know all the risks of unsafe sex.)

When you elect ME absolute dictator of YOUR world, I promise you...

1) an aborted fetus on every table, twice a week!

2) an abortion clinic on every corner!

3) a ban on all natural reproduction (clones only!)

4) prisons in which to keep mentally unstable individuals who refuse to worship me!

5) genetically engineered crops on every farm!

6) tracking devices on all citizens!

Vote for me!

I've spent far too much time thinking of this :/

Don't worry. It wasn't obvious. :D

Just on welfare alone:

Cut all tax on the $0 - $10,000 bracket.
Cut benefit to subsistence only. Possibly have money earmarked for rent, food, bills, etc. No money on entertainment. Making CVs, building skills and finding a job are all fine uses of time (Especially when it's time lived on other people's money).

This means there's less incentive to continue the welfare/poverty cycle and more incentive to get into the workforce.

And before anyone gives me shit about finding jobs, New Zealand's orchards can't find enough fruit pickers over the summer and at the same time some student unions are demanding a universal student allowance (Read: I get your money because I'm a student) to "stop students starving over the holidays."

I'd introduce the death penalty for everything more than shoplifting. All this whining about people being innocent of their crimes would stop, because seriously, most people have done at least one thing worse than shoplifting. And then, eventually, we'd have no more criminals, and no more crime, and anyone left would be too frightened to try anything.[/sarcasm]

I would shoplift from you!

Among other things, I'd be inclined to introduce a law compelling British companies to use British ships if at all possible and see if we could get what used to be the world's best shibuilding industry back in working order. In addition, huge reforms of that lamentable cock-up we call the welfare state (i.e. making sure that you can only get benefits and NHS access if you're pretty well on your uppers and simply cannot afford the treatment; for those of you about to say "Rich Tory!" I'm actually one of those people who can't afford private healthcare) and the British justice system. Re-introduction of capital punishment and corporal punishment in schools, increased naval expenditure.

Re-introduction of capital punishment and corporal punishment in schools.

Don't you think capital punishment in schools is going just a little too far? ;) :p

Don't you think capital punishment in schools is going just a little too far? ;) :p

Nah. Hang the SCUM KIDS! RIVE INTO COUNCIL ESATES AND MACHINE-GUN CHAVS! ONLY THE INTELLIGENT SHALL BE SPARED! RAWR!!!

Sorry.

If I ran Britain, I'd immediately fund the NHS with the profits taken from Premiership football clubs and the salaries of their players. There'd be a government maintained ice rink in every city, and children from the age of 7 would be supplied with equipment from an early age to learn the sport of ice hockey instead of bloody football, rugby, (and even worse) cricket. Every motorway in the UK would have tollgates every 50 miles, and public transport would return to the public sector. I would relax drug laws in the manner of The Netherlands and reduce the legal drinkig age to 17. I would also increase the penalties for alcohol related violence to include mandatory custodial sentences. I would reintroduce national service for anyone leaving school without English and Maths GCSEs (and also immigrants under the age of 25), make learning a foreign language mandatory in schools from an early age, and give Ireland back to the Irish.

I think that's about it. Not much really. :)

You'd give back Ireland to the Irish, when the Irish living there want it to be part of Britain? Nice to see democracy alive and well there. I agree about the football though - in fact, why not abolish professional sport? As I say, sport is the panacea of dead empires.

Can't agree with the drinking age thing. IMO it should be 16, and if they get drunk enough to die - don't treat them. Simple enough, isn't it? Oh, and definitely relax the drug laws. Legalise it all, then the state can tax it insanely. Also regarding the tollgates, why not just let the motorways become gridlocked? Then people will have to use public transport anyway. And for heaven's sake shoot Tony Blair.

You'd give back Ireland to the Irish, when the Irish living there want it to be part of Britain?
Then they can move. They can go and join all those people in Scotland, England and Wales that want Ireland to be part of Britain.
Nice to see democracy alive and well there.
Then don't elect me! ;)
why not abolish professional sport?
Why not abolish professional acting? Professional musicianship? Professional comedy and professional media careers? If you work in the entertainments industry (and if you play pro sports, you do) you have a right to earn what the going rate is. But with me in charge just expect some of what you earn to go to directly to those who perhaps deserve it, that's all!
Can't agree with the drinking age thing. IMO it should be 16, and if they get drunk enough to die - don't treat them. Simple enough, isn't it?
Maybe I should have elaborated. My basic idea is to "adultize" you at 17. You get your right to buy fags, booze and petrol for the car you can now drive, all on your 17th birthday. To me it's like making an official marker as to when you are genuinely an adult. Now I know some people will say "yeah, but, right, some people mature faster than others", and that's a fact. But you have to start somewhere, and I believe fags at 16, cars at 17 and booze at 18 is just plain daft. Average it out and in good time the old system will seem preposterous.
Also regarding the tollgates, why not just let the motorways become gridlocked? Then people will have to use public transport anyway.
You're working on the principle that people are essentially a social animal. Maybe we all were 30-40 years ago, but the advent of the car as a cheap (and they are cheap) mode of transport changed all that. What you have to do is (as the government is doing now) is just get people so pissed off with driving cars everywhere that public transport becomes an attractive proposition... Hey! Look at those guys sitting at the bar on the coach on the way home from work, in the Bus Lane, while I sit here in my Ford Explorer 7-seat thirstmonster SRGTi Special Edition, alone, while my evening slips ever-so-slowly away. :headbang:

I would pass a law making me Dictator for Life

All shall bow...mwhahahahaha!

if i had the world i would totaly decomission the worlds entire militarty and just keep police bats for the police for anyone who breaks the law with all the money taken from the military would go to research Nano tech, space traval and Genetics plus move everyone out of the continets of africa and south america and make it a no human zone just for animals so thats sorted out the hippys and crap and then i would remove all forms of money and and create a credit like system

if i only control the UK my homeland i would make a suggestion box in london for changes in the goverment and the nation then i will try and wean the country of its oil supplys in the north sea so when the oil runs out the nation should be able to survive it better than most ofther 1st world countries when there no oil left and totaly econmic collape of the world leading the uk to take the world and finish what it start :p then i would do first paragraph :)

I'd introduce a new 7p coin that had 9 sides and a picture of a gargoyle playing cricket on the back. Also I'd rename Starburst back to Opal Fruits, and Cif back to Jif.
Graham Norton would also be forced to do his shows from the top of Ben Nevis.

If I controlled the UK I'd buy back and nationalise trains, buses, phone companies, water companies, electric companies, gas companies.
Free housing would be provided attached to hospitals for nurses that worked there. Gay marriage would be legal. Abortion would be legal until 2 weeks after birth. Council tentants would not be allowed to buy their own houses.
Thats all I can think of.

After get a law passed that made me Dictator of Earth for 6 months, I would require all people to be at least 18 to join any religion. That's up to them.

There's a few other things, but that's a start.