Which referendum should we have next?!

zuroph

come Saturday, its all over bar the shouting. So.. all these riled up and angry yes and no campaigners, lets give them something else to debate and lie about!

So, what do the good citizens of AH think we should put to the vote next?

*note to mods, this is meant to be light-hearted, please don't move to that dungeon of a politics forum..

artanevilla

A right to bear arms.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.alexrudloff.com/media/2008/07/right-to-bear-arms.jpg

jimmycrackcorm

Fed up with lisbon so lets do madrid next. We can cover all of europe before easter next year.

Senna

Probably Lisbon 3, after a the NO side win.

javaboy

An amendment to remove this kind of crap would be a start:
"In particular, the State recognises that by her life within the home, woman gives to the State a support without which the common good cannot be achieved."

and this:
"In the Name of the Most Holy Trinity, from Whom is all authority and to Whom, as our final end, all actions both of men and States must be referred"

and this:
"Humbly acknowledging all our obligations to our Divine Lord, Jesus Christ, Who sustained our fathers through centuries of trial"

zuroph

Licence to have a child would be a good one.

Can only imagine; "Vote no or they'll cut off your mickeys!" Coircampaign.org 2010

Jesus Wept

Athlone

gandhi123

Come on, Divorce Referendum!Come on, Divorce Referendum!Come on, Divorce Referendum!Come on, Divorce Referendum!:D:D:D

4zn76tysfajdxp

Nice, I'm feeling nostalgic.

Ruu_Old

Can we do the Maastricht Treaty? We might be able to chuck the euro then! Just one more time, go wan!

javaboy

Ruu wrote: »

Can we do the Maastricht Treaty? We might be able to chuck the euro then! Just one more time, go wan!

Do you really think a Maastrechtomy would be breast for Ireland at this time?







Boobs.

4zn76tysfajdxp

What about Versailles? It worked out so well last time, after all.

zuroph

Ganley: Irish?

Altar_Ego_Boy

Proposition 24

galwayrush

Should our politicians be required to pass a basic IQ test before they can qualify for office? :rolleyes:

biko

A referendum on allowing Creationism taught in our schools.

galwayrush

Magnus wrote: »

A referendum on allowing Creationism taught in our schools.

Yep, everyone should know about Alex Ferguson.:cool:

thomond2006

Referendum on placing "Atari Jaguar" in the dictionary.

ejmaztec

A referendum referendum, to decide whether or not we should have any more.

Theta

A referendum to ban moaning, although then people would have nothing to do all day!

GavRedKing

artanevilla wrote: »

A right to bear arms.

The bears wont be happy with that one.

A referendum to down size our ministers, after all most of them could lose some weight.

ejmaztec

irlmarc wrote: »

A referendum to ban moaning, although then people would have nothing to do all day!

Would that include a ban on people moaning about moaning and moaners?

The-Rigger

The-Rigger wrote: »

Athlone

I vote that it's in Roscommon! it's a weshten town.

walshb

An expenses referendum?

Davidius

If there's a Yes vote then it has to be Lisbon 3. Best 2 out of 3 is only fair.

Theta

ejmaztec wrote: »

Would that include a ban on people moaning about moaning and moaners?

Yes maybe but it would require the attorney generals approval first clearly.

Gurgle

galwayrush wrote: »

Should our politicians be required to pass a basic IQ test before they can qualify for office? :rolleyes:

Fatal flaw in democracy: Half the voters are of below average intelligence.
Restrict the vote to those with an IQ of 100+

The best thing is - that referendum would pass

Gone Drinking

How about the LizBonnin treaty?

I'd vote yes!

fap fap fap

Davidius

Gurgle wrote: »

Fatal flaw in democracy: Half the voters are of below average intelligence.
Restrict the vote to those with an IQ of 100+

The best thing is - that referendum would pass

To be fair, people with high IQs can be dumb as ****.

Euro_Kraut

Davidius wrote: »

If there's a Yes vote then it has to be Lisbon 3. Best 2 out of 3 is only fair.

I've explained this.

Its goes to the away votes rule in the event of a tie. Since the Yes side were clearly absent from the first campaign I am guessing that this is their home leg.

Long Onion

What about a referendum that will allow us to punch Dana in the face every time it rains?

Davidius

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

I've explained this.

Its goes to the away votes rule in the event of a time. Since the Yes side were clearly absent from the first campaign I am guessing that this is their home leg.

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It's a ring toss game!

Gurgle

Davidius wrote: »

To be fair, people with high IQs can be dumb as ****.

True, there would have to be a lot of consideration into how the official qualifying IQ score is measured.

Right, time to form a commitee.
Hire some consultants and block-book the top floors of all the 5 star hotels in Dublin. Who's got the number for O'Donoghue's limo? Give the guys in Fàs a call, they'll want in on this.

Long Onion wrote:

What about a referendum that will allow us to punch Dana in the face every time it rains?

We don't need a referendum for that, theres nothing in the constitution that says we can't do it anyway.

A Primal Nut

Should we have to pass a test proving we understand something before we can vote in a referendum on it?

Long Onion

Gurgle wrote: »

We don't need a referendum for that, theres nothing in the constitution that says we can't do it anyway.

Really? I thought that as the preamble pledges allegience to our holy trinity overlord masters, we are precluded from doing anything which may upset the divine holy mother herself - such as:

Having sex
Drinking
Doing Drugs
Listening to rock music
The list goes on and includes all kinds of everything really ...

toiletduck

Is there anything to be said for another abortion referendum? We can do better than last time, pro's and anti's on both sides now that was confusing! I want an honest to goodness clear cut vote, with all the associated hysteria, right wing Catholic groups engaged in street battles with liberals, sheer venom... The kinda thing that splits the country.

Anyone?

MrMatisse

A referendum on not to have any more referendums on 1000 page documents nobody will read, but base thier vote instead on who has the coolest poster type referendum.

Run_to_da_hills

artanevilla wrote: »

A right to bear arms.

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That fell through with Thalidomide.

zuroph

toiletduck wrote: »

Is there anything to be said for another abortion referendum? We can do better than last time, pro's and anti's on both sides now that was confusing! I want an honest to goodness clear cut vote, with all the associated hysteria, right wing Catholic groups engaged in street battles with liberals, sheer venom... The kinda thing that splits the country.

Anyone?

I'd be all up for that, i'd say we could get a civil war out of it. Also, for sheer lulz we should tag on legalizing cannabis onto the pro life side.

Long Onion

zuroph wrote: »

I'd be all up for that, i'd say we could get a civil war out of it. Also, for sheer lulz we should tag on legalizing cannabis onto the pro life side.

Hmmm, interesting point raised here - what if we were to have referenda with no choice for the status quo - for example:

This referendum allows you to vote YES - in which case, abortion will be legalised and the Old age pension & free health care abolished or NO - in which case abortion remains prohibited but cannabis and heroin are legalised.

I think we could have some fun with this ...

genericguy

Senna wrote: »

Probably Lisbon 3, after a the NO side win.

i personally will be voting yes, but if the result is a yes vote i think it's only fair to make it best of three.

genericguy

Long Onion wrote: »

Really? I thought that as the preamble pledges allegience to our holy trinity overlord masters, we are precluded from doing anything which may upset the divine holy mother herself - such as:

Listening to rock music

happyfriday

Long Onion wrote: »

Hmmm, interesting point raised here - what if we were to have referenda with no choice for the status quo - for example:

This referendum allows you to vote YES - in which case, abortion will be legalised and the Old age pension & free health care abolished or NO - in which case abortion remains prohibited but cannabis and heroin are legalised.

I think we could have some fun with this ...

Oh this would put the cat amoung the pigeons, the whole country would be up in arms! I'd be interested to see which side Declan Ganley would take, most likely be up for the No side, he could turn a profit on the cannabis and heroin afterall!!

Gingerspice99

If it was a lesbian treaty it would be a yes vote, but as its the LISBON treaty , im voting no.

Captain Darling

Dont know about the next referendum, but i'm not particularly looking forward to the next general election. Different government, same sh1te, more then likely.

Húrin

zuroph wrote: »

come Saturday, its all over bar the shouting. So.. all these riled up and angry yes and no campaigners, lets give them something else to debate and lie about!

So, what do the good citizens of AH think we should put to the vote next?

*note to mods, this is meant to be light-hearted, please don't move to that dungeon of a politics forum..

NAMA

javaboy

Gurgle wrote: »

Fatal flaw in democracy: Half the voters are of below average intelligence.

The median does not necessarily equal the mean.

Euro_Kraut

genericguy wrote: »

i personally will be voting yes, but if the result is a yes vote i think it's only fair to make it best of three.

Or.. we could have Ganley Vs Cowen dance-off

DigiGal

Magnus wrote: »

A referendum on allowing Creationism taught in our schools.

DARWIN ftw!

netwhizkid

We should have a referendum to bring back the death penalty, It is high time the Drug pushers and traffickers were executed in this Country.

We need to have a referendum allowing for a system wherby either the Co. Councils of President can forcibly dissolve the Dail and force a General Election. This would allow for the Government to be ousted in times of national bungling like currently, an Impeachment of Brian Cowen if you like.

Earthhorse

javaboy wrote: »

The median does not necessarily equal the mean.

I say, let the people the decide!