If You Could Change One Law?

orourkeda

estadio wrote: »

Law. It is what holds this society. If it wasn't for the law some one would break into my house and steal everything i have.
But if you could change one law slightly what would it be?.

For me i would like to remove the right of security of grammar Nazi's. It angers me so much when some one posts a grammar correction.
If it was not illegal I would go through their post history or some how else fond out where they live. Then knock on the door.As soon as the open whack them on the
head with my keyboard until it breaks. Then drag them into their room take a print screen of their offending post print it on a page and force them to eat their own words.

But since it is illegal for me to do so i just hope they fall down a flight of stairs and snap their neck.:p

I can PM you my address. I'll be waiting for you.

Oranage2

I'd change the laws of physics. I could jump a 100 foot into the air and freeze vodka and E doesnt equal mc^2 it equals something else like T

Eve_Dublin

estadio wrote: »

Law. It is what holds this society. If it wasn't for the law some one would break into my house and steal everything i have.
But if you could change one law slightly what would it be?.

For me i would like to remove the right of security of grammar Nazi's. It angers me so much when some one posts a grammar correction.
If it was not illegal I would go through their post history or some how else fond out where they live. Then knock on the door.As soon as the open whack them on the
head with my keyboard until it breaks. Then drag them into their roominsert comma here take a print screen of their offending post insert comma here print it on a page and force them to eat their own words.

But since it is illegal for me to do so i just hope they fall down a flight of stairs and snap their neck.:p

Couldn't resist.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Legalize weed.

Hogzy

Get rid of the stupid Off License closing at 10PM law.

It is a painful memory of our passed government.

ilovesleep

Cú Giobach wrote: »

Legalise the finest herb known to man. :cool:

I know there has been a few threads about cannbis lately. Im not a cannabis user but tried it a few times in the past. Legalizing cannabis would do ireland the world of good. Alcohol is more dangerous than weed FFS and alcohol is legal. With legalizing cannabis we could have weed factorties which would help employment. It could help with tourism. People enjoy going out for dinner, to the cinema once in a while for winddown time and enjoyment. If cannabis was legal I would have no problem once in a while spending 20 euro on a prerolled joint and the majority of that would be tax. Its insanity to keep cannabis illigal

Something else I would love for ireland is execution. Hang bertie ahern and sell tickets to the world. We could start Celtic Tiger no.2 on his hanging.

RussellTuring

If people want to do something badly enough, no law will stop them. If someone really wants to rape or murder someone, they'll do it. This is why these things still happen despite most cultures having strict laws against them, and why people still take huge risks using drugs that are banned by the lawmakers. Prohibition doesn't work.

To answer the OP, I'd remove any law that removes the right of any person to live their life to their fullest without infringing on the ability of others to do the same. Or just the Blasphemy Law. I shouldn't have to respect your right to believe in fairy tales.

estadio

smk89 wrote: »

I read your first paragraph in the style of a sociologist giving a speech on tv while walking down the street.
The rest I just imagined you as a scobie.

Like most people i am a mixture of both. I just do not find it logical that people point out grammatical errors. The purpose of this forum is entertainment and i for one see no entertainment in pointing out other people whether they misspelled
find or not.

Blasphemy Law is a law i think which should be changed. Even though i am no Atheist i respect other people's right to contradict my beliefs if it effects them.

And another controversial law i would like is for alcohol advertisement to be banned or restricted at least taking into account the ban on smoking adverts.

And finally for people who dare thank the grammar police well i feel sorry for you that you find enjoyment in such minuscule things.

Aodan83

KylieWyley wrote: »

Or, at the very least, it should be legal to chemically castrate rapists. They don't deserve their testiculars.

+1
That or reverse the blasphemy law. I mean really, a blasphemy law!
Minimum sentences for certain crimes, rape, murder, drugs related offences(maybe not smoking weed or anything, but dealing and that like) etc.
Remove any special mention of the Catholic church, all religions should be treated equally. The church and the state are separate entities and should be treated as such.

Cú Giobach

ilovesleep wrote: »

If cannabis was legal I would have no problem once in a while spending 20 euro on a prerolled joint and the majority of that would be tax. Its insanity to keep cannabis illigal

Good post, but €20 a spliff, :eek: Noooo!!!!!
I'd rather keep it illegal.
A pre-rolled should cost between €3-€6

phill106

I'd change the laws of physics, allowing me to do anything I could think of with nothing to stop me...

scoobymunster

Definitely agree with the legalising drugs thing. That probably makes me sound like a crackhead but alcohol is the only drug for me:) It's mad when you actually read into the effects of various drugs etc. that the consequences of taking them does not justify the harshness of the police punishment if you were caught. Sure there is plenty of addicts et al but alcohol is more damaging that a fair few of the banned substances.

Failing that, I think you should be allowed to slap someone across the head once every six months without reprisal! There is to many idiots and people that boil my blood that are free from reprisal;)

AhSureTisGrand

I think murder is really bad for this country. We should ban it

Alter-Ego

Eve_Dublin wrote: »

I'd legalise magic mushrooms again.

You can buy them online. But they're illegal so you shouldn't. 'Cause that's bold.

Legalise the chronic ffs.

ElasticMan

RussellTuring wrote: »

If people want to do something badly enough, no law will stop them. If someone really wants to rape or murder someone, they'll do it. This is why these things still happen despite most cultures having strict laws against them, and why people still take huge risks using drugs that are banned by the lawmakers. Prohibition doesn't work.

To answer the OP, I'd remove any law that removes the right of any person to live their life to their fullest without infringing on the ability of others to do the same. Or just the Blasphemy Law. I shouldn't have to respect your right to believe in fairy tales.

You are a very ignorant person. It's amazing that you don't want to respect someone's right to believe in 'fairy tales', yet everyone is suddenly supposed to support the right for homosexuals to marry. If you don't respect someone's rights, why should they respect yours? Either it works both ways or not at all.

A law I'd change; if someone breaks into my house with the intent of harming my family and stealing our possessions, I want the right to protect myself. Not to back down and give them whatever they want, then sheepishly call the guards after they leave with the likelihood of them escaping justice.

Another thing, a life sentence should mean a life sentence. I was watching a show on tv recently and heard someone say words to the effect of 'Well, he got a life sentence so he won't be out now for another 15 years.' Why do the criminals get preferential treatment? You end someone's life, ruin their family's lives, and you get out again in 15 years or less? Rapists should get life, murderers should get life. The government want to know how to make the country profitable again and increase revenue? Public hangings. Charge €20 per head to attend. I'll personally apply for a job as executioner. They won't be as eager to kill or rape if they have the possibly of a death sentence looming over their heads.

Some laws that should never be changed:

Legalising cannabis
Legalising same sex marriage
Lowering the legal drinking age, increase it if anything
I'd regulate the hell out of the internet. Remove anonymity. Ban users who abuse the internet for life. Ban people who illegally download music/movies. Remove all pornography sites from the internet. The internet's main purpose should be to educate, not to play games or watch pornography or download illegally. Ye're only codding yourselves by frittering your lives away by indulging in this rubbish.

What a joke of a century this is, enlighten yourselves.

AhSureTisGrand

ElasticMan wrote: »

Some laws that should never be changed:

Legalising cannabis
Legalising same sex marriage
Lowering the legal drinking age, increase it if anything
I'd regulate the hell out of the internet. Remove anonymity. Ban users who abuse the internet for life. Ban people who illegally download music/movies. Remove all pornography sites from the internet. The internet's main purpose should be to educate, not to play games or watch pornography or download illegally. Ye're only codding yourselves by frittering your lives away by indulging in this rubbish.

What a joke of a century this is, enlighten yourselves.

Wait, you mean your post isn't a joke?

AhSureTisGrand

On second thoughts, I'd nominate one batshīt crazy person to be locked up

ElasticMan

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

On second thoughts, I'd nominate one batshīt crazy person to be locked up

Awe inspiring. I was listening to the radio yesterday and some dunderbrained troglodyte was talking about the Fianna Fail TD who said he'd oppose same sex marriage. He then went on to call the TD a lunatic and a dinosaur. A lunatic? Just because he still has morals and values and hasn't changed his opinion on something because the media have? It's only gradually been becoming socially acceptable for the past decade or so, and now everyone is automatically supposed to change their views on something because society has? Fat chance. Some of us aren't that easily brainwashed.

As for the regulation of the internet, it's for your own good.
As for my opinion that cannabis should never be legalised, it's for your own good.

There's enough half-witted docile sycophants walking the streets as it is. I certainly don't want to live in a society where everyone is a spaced out stoner with nothing worthwhile to say, walking down the street holding their 'life partner's' hand. You don't know what's good for you. Wise up.

AhSureTisGrand

ElasticMan wrote: »

Awe inspiring. I was listening to the radio yesterday and some dunderbrained troglodyte was talking about the Fianna Fail TD who said he'd oppose same sex marriage. He then went on to call the TD a lunatic and a dinosaur. A lunatic? Just because he still has morals and values and hasn't changed his opinion on something because the media have? It's only gradually been becoming socially acceptable for the past decade or so, and now everyone is automatically supposed to change their views on something because society has? Fat chance. Some of us aren't that easily brainwashed.

As for the regulation of the internet, it's for your own good.
As for my opinion that cannabis should never be legalised, it's for your own good.

There's enough half-witted docile sycophants walking the streets as it is. I certainly don't want to live in a society where everyone is a spaced out stoner with nothing worthwhile to say, walking down the street holding their 'life partner's' hand. You don't know what's good for you. Wise up.

Oh I forgot that you knew what was best for everyone. My sincerest apologies, Omniscient One

ElasticMan

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

Oh I forgot that you knew what was best for everyone. My sincerest apologies, Omniscient One

You're forgiven. Say 10 Hail Marys for your sins.

micayla

ElasticMan wrote: »

Awe inspiring. I was listening to the radio yesterday and some dunderbrained troglodyte was talking about the Fianna Fail TD who said he'd oppose same sex marriage. He then went on to call the TD a lunatic and a dinosaur. A lunatic? Just because he still has morals and values and hasn't changed his opinion on something because the media have? It's only gradually been becoming socially acceptable for the past decade or so, and now everyone is automatically supposed to change their views on something because society has? Fat chance. Some of us aren't that easily brainwashed.

As for the regulation of the internet, it's for your own good.
As for my opinion that cannabis should never be legalised, it's for your own good.

There's enough half-witted docile sycophants walking the streets as it is. I certainly don't want to live in a society where everyone is a spaced out stoner with nothing worthwhile to say, walking down the street holding their 'life partner's' hand. You don't know what's good for you. Wise up.

Please tell me you're joking?

I disagree with all of your laws that should never be changed.

If I could change one law it would be to recognise Civil Partnerships.

AhSureTisGrand

ElasticMan wrote: »

Awe inspiring. I was listening to the radio yesterday and some dunderbrained troglodyte was talking about the Fianna Fail TD who said he'd oppose same sex marriage. He then went on to call the TD a lunatic and a dinosaur. A lunatic? Just because he still has morals and values and hasn't changed his opinion on something because the media have? It's only gradually been becoming socially acceptable for the past decade or so, and now everyone is automatically supposed to change their views on something because society has? Fat chance. Some of us aren't that easily brainwashed.

As for the regulation of the internet, it's for your own good.
As for my opinion that cannabis should never be legalised, it's for your own good.

There's enough half-witted docile sycophants walking the streets as it is. I certainly don't want to live in a society where everyone is a spaced out stoner with nothing worthwhile to say, walking down the street holding their 'life partner's' hand. You don't know what's good for you. Wise up.

Your posts make the rest of AH seem quite reasonable

AhSureTisGrand

ElasticMan wrote: »

You're forgiven. Say 10 Hail Marys for your sins.

If anyone else said this I'd assume they were joking... But you...

micayla

Someone mentioned grammar Nazis at the beginning of this thread, I;m starting to think of a whole other kind of Nazi...

AhSureTisGrand

It troubles me deeply that these people can read

micayla

It troubles me that they think such opinions are okay.

AhSureTisGrand

"I'd regulate the hell out of the internet. Remove anonymity. Ban users who abuse the internet for life. Ban people who illegally download music/movies. Remove all pornography sites from the internet. The internet's main purpose should be to educate, not to play games or watch pornography or download illegally. Ye're only codding yourselves by frittering your lives away by indulging in this rubbish."

I love how someone so ignorant of how the Internet works somehow managed to post this on the Internet

ElasticMan

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

I love how someone so ignorant of how the Internet works somehow managed to post this on the Internet

You are incredibly mundane. Please stop clogging up this thread with your vacuous, throwaway one line retorts. It's laughable for you to claim I'm ignorant of the internet when I'm actually doing a computer course at the moment. It would be quite easy to ban someone's ISP or perhaps suspend it for a set period depending on the severity of the crime. To remove anonymity, people's IP addresses could show up with every post they make. Use your head.

micayla wrote: »

It troubles me that they think such opinions are okay.

I'm not some relic of a bygone era, these opinions aren't exclusive to me. To give a brief example, in this college course I'm doing, only yesterday I overheard someone state the following; 'I don't have a brother, but if I did knowing my luck he'd be gay. But at least I'd have an excuse to beat him up then'. I'm not in the minority. Why should I have the exact same opinions as you? Why shouldn't my opinions be okay? Your opinion is merely the currently popular one. When I was younger I also said I supported gay marriage to try to fit in with the crowd. I'm older and wiser now. You haven't caught up yet.

micayla

ElasticMan wrote: »

You are incredibly mundane. Please stop clogging up this thread with your vacuous, throwaway one line retorts. It's laughable for you to claim I'm ignorant of the internet when I'm actually doing a computer course at the moment. It would be quite easy to ban someone's ISP or perhaps suspend it for a set period depending on the severity of the crime. To remove anonymity, people's IP addresses could show up with every post they make. Use your head.



I'm not some relic of a bygone era, these opinions aren't exclusive to me. To give a brief example, in this college course I'm doing, only yesterday I overheard someone state the following; 'I don't have a brother, but if I did knowing my luck he'd be gay. But at least I'd have an excuse to beat him up then'. I'm not in the minority. Why should I have the exact same opinions as you? Why shouldn't my opinions be okay? Your opinion is merely the currently popular one. When I was younger I also said I supported gay marriage to try to fit in with the crowd. I'm older and wiser now. You haven't caught up yet.

You are in a minority, it's just a pity that minority is permitted to be so loud. My opinion has nothing to do with popularity, it has to do with a belief in human rights starting with this one:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Do you also believe that people should be judged by the colour of their skin?

ElasticMan

micayla wrote: »

You are in a minority, it's just a pity that minority is permitted to be so loud. My opinion has nothing to do with popularity, it has to do with a belief in human rights starting with this one:

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Do you also believe that people should be judged by the colour of their skin?

They're born equal, they don't die equal. People make choices throughout their lives which determine what sort of human beings they become. Trust me, I'm not in the minority. But if believing that helps you to sleep better at night, go right ahead.

I don't believe in judging people by the colour of their skin, but I also don't believe in illegal immigration. I'll stay in my country and they can stay in theirs. I believe in a traditional Ireland, which doesn't include illegal immigration and interracial relationships. I believe in my own people, and I don't have to accept anyone else if I choose not to. This is not Africa.