You are king / queen of the country...

DesperateDan

You wake up tomorrow and are bestowed with running the country. You are king / queen and can decide on any new laws you think are useful or important. What would you do?

• I would ban Irish being compulsory at second level education.
• Ban all religious congregations of any kind.
• Force every able man and woman to give up a few hours a week (maybe 3 or 4) making society a better place to live - probably charity work / handyman stuff.
• Legalise the private use of every drug on the planet. If you want to shoot up heroin in your own home, or deal it on the street, then go for it :pac:
• Oh and there's now compulsory castration for all convicted paedophiles (where there is no doubt of guilt).

The Backwards Man

I'd bestow democracy on the people and abdicate.

Everybody loves a good king.

comongethappy

Appoint a prime minister to do the job for me!

Then its decadence like the last days of Rome.... For the rest of my life.

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'd bestow democracy on the people and abdicate.

Everybody loves a good king.

There's a king somewhere trying to do that right now and the people don't want him to because they don't trust the officials that would take over!

deseil

With those rules I think you'd be referred to as dictator rather than king.

umop.episdn

Make sure there's enough cake for the rest of you peasants to eat...... I'm not making the same mistake Marie Antoinette made!

kneemos

Live in a big house,travel the world to look at half naked dancers and force the kids to breed.

The Backwards Man

bluewolf wrote: »

There's a king somewhere trying to do that right now and the people don't want him to because they don't trust the officials that would take over!

As my last act as monarch. I'd appoint bluewolf as head of the group for easing the transfer to democracy.

Everyone loves a good, smart king.

KingOfFairview

Build a nuclear arsenal and hold the world to ransom

Links234

Kill all humans!

The Backwards Man

KingOfFairview wrote: »

Build a nuclear arsenal and hold the world to ransom

The problem with nuclear arsenals is that, while they look impressive, you are never going to win anything with them.

ScumLord

People think being the king would be great but it means you're responsible for everything and everybody. If people die due to poor management those deaths fall on you and even if you can get away with being the cause of death becaused your the king you can't avoid your own conscious. If plans don't work out everybody blames you and it's only a matter of time before the population rises up and you end up without a head. It' not like you can go in front of a jury of your peers and if the population has turned on you there's no legal system that could protect you.

I could see the appeal of being ruled by a king, having one point of reference for government would make things easier but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be a king. I don't think I could take the pressure.

umop.episdn

Links234 wrote: »

Kill all humans!

Mods are safe so!

KingOfFairview

I'd reform the justice system to be far harsher on repeat violent offenders.

Sunnyisland

I would declare a republic and then heads off...

DesperateDan

Pat Custard wrote: »

OP, you'd have to bring in harsh punishment for crime and theft which would inevitably happen when people become addicted (legal or not). People can and will become hooked and may not be able to afford to fuel their habit.

Hmm good point. I have no problem with people getting high off their nuts, imagine the possibilities of the Olympics if everyone could take whatever they wanted? I do have a problem with junkies terrorising the place.

The money I'm saving by outlawing religion and Irish could go towards more police.

The police don't all need guns though, no need for that.

wazky

Have a vagina grafted on to me so I could be both King and Queen.

corner of hells

I'd go full Saudi and ban everything .

jamo2oo9

Castrate all rapist and pedophiles. No exceptions allowed. No willies for them sick bastárds

cloud493

- Institute zero tolerance on loitering, littering, drug use, anti social behaviour, not just in Dublin but all over the country.
- More Gardai, more pro active
- Legalise certain drugs, but tax it, and make it heavily controlled.
- Make the 2 euro chicken roll mandatory everywhere
- Do something to make the bus run faster. Don't know what, but something.
- Zero tolerance on sex offenders, rapists, paedophiles, murderers.
- If something has an addiction of some sort, and therefore a normal prison isn't the best place for them, don't lock them up and leave them to stew, build rehabilitation centres, teach them, not just punish. Still punish though.

kneemos

wazky wrote: »

Have a vagina grafted on to me so I could be both King and Queen.

You could go fcuk yourself.

wazky

cloud493 wrote: »

- Do something to make the bus run faster. Don't know what, but something.

Stop making the bus run would be a start, driving it is way faster.

titan18

1 .Round up about 200,000 people(reckon that should cover it) and ship them off to some islands somewhere.
1a. If I can't find suitable islands, I'll strike a deal with North Korea to take them from me.
2. Tell anyone who rebels against me, I'll kill the 200,000.
3. Enact cruel and pointless laws so I can have some fun.
4. Build an army of killer robots so that when the inevitable rebellion/invasion comes, I can crush them.

Oh, I'd have to establish good links with Russia, Iran, North Korea and all other countries run by mad men/warmongers.

cloud493

wazky wrote: »

Stop making the bus run would be a start, driving it is way faster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X_Ot0k4XJc

KingOfFairview

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Castrate all rapist and pedophiles. No exceptions allowed. No willies for them sick bastárds

That's not what castration means

cloud493

KingOfFairview wrote: »

That's not what castration means

He's hosted by his own petard.

wazky

KingOfFairview wrote: »

That's not what castration means

It is if your surgical implements include a garden shears.

KingOfFairview

cloud493 wrote: »

He's hosted by his own petard.

I may as well just delete my account now, I'm forever tainted

ted1

DesperateDan wrote: »

You wake up tomorrow and are bestowed with running the country. You are king / queen and can decide on any new laws you think are useful or important. What would you do?

• I would ban Irish being compulsory at second level education. One would think that a king would want people speaking the language of his kingdom
  
• Ban all religious congregations of any kind. Forcing your religious beliefs or lack of them on your people. You will be over thrown in a week.
  
• Force every able man and woman to give up a few hours a week (maybe 3 or 4) making society a better place to live - probably charity work / handyman stuff.
  Why would someone earning over 100 euro an hour do handyman stuff for free or do charity stuff. They could pay people to do it for less and also provide jobs to the handyman you have just made unemployed
  
  
• Legalise the private use of every drug on the planet. If you want to shoot up heroin in your own home, or deal it on the street, then go for it :pac: where do I start
  
  
• Oh and there's now compulsory castration for all convicted paedophiles (where there is no doubt of guilt).
  There is always doubt. E.g Birmingham six, Guildford 4.
  

There's a reason monarch systems don't work

Ted_YNWA

Ban all stupid thread that have been done at least once in the previous month.

coolhull

Ideally, if you're going to be a king, you need to be wan and pale

Everyone loves a wan king

Links234

KingOfFairview wrote: »

I'm forever hoisted

Fixed that for you

Red_Wake

Offer the 25 counties up to Liz.

Arthur Beesley

DesperateDan wrote: »

You wake up tomorrow and are bestowed with running the country. You are king / queen and can decide on any new laws you think are useful or important. What would you do?

• I would ban Irish being compulsory at second level education.
• Ban all religious congregations of any kind.
• Force every able man and woman to give up a few hours a week (maybe 3 or 4) making society a better place to live - probably charity work / handyman stuff.
• Legalise the private use of every drug on the planet. If you want to shoot up heroin in your own home, or deal it on the street, then go for it :pac:
• Oh and there's now compulsory castration for all convicted paedophiles (where there is no doubt of guilt).

What about the junkies?

Arthur Beesley

Become an Apache helicopter pilot.

Arthur Beesley

cloud493 wrote: »

- Institute zero tolerance on loitering, littering, drug use, anti social behaviour, not just in Dublin but all over the country.
- More Gardai, more pro active
- Legalise certain drugs, but tax it, and make it heavily controlled.
- Make the 2 euro chicken roll mandatory everywhere
- Do something to make the bus run faster. Don't know what, but something.
- Zero tolerance on sex offenders, rapists, paedophiles, murderers.
- If something has an addiction of some sort, and therefore a normal prison isn't the best place for them, don't lock them up and leave them to stew, build rehabilitation centres, teach them, not just punish. Still punish though.

Make up your mind.

Zero tolerance on drugs but also legalise some?

Zero tolerance but rehabilitation centres that punish?

DesperateDan

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

What about the junkies?

Junkies are fine - but if they want to pester non-junkies for money or try and shoot up in the street, guards round them up and drown them in the ocean.

My plans are starting to crumble - what if some of the guards lie and use junky-ism as an excuse to kill whoever they want? I'll need gardai ombudsmen roaming the streets to make sure the guards are abiding by their laws.

This requires more planning.

Arthur Beesley

coolhull wrote: »

Ideally, if you're going to be a king, you need to be wan and pale

Everyone loves a wan king

Or a Juan Kerr.

periodictable

Make Judge Judy minister for Justice , Education and Social Welfare

HugsiePie

Ahhhh sure ill make it a democracy and let the people run the country

Be grand like.

DesperateDan

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Ban all stupid thread that have been done at least once in the previous month.

Ted if you're going to make a comment like that you need to create a non-stupid, totally original thread otherwise you'll never be able to run the country

cloud493

Zero tolerance on illegal drug use might be a better term.
Zero tolerance on the use. But rehabilitation of the person.

coolhull

periodictable wrote: »

Make Judge Judy minister for Justice , Education and Social Welfare

Isn't she Minister for Social Welfare already?

Arthur Beesley

periodictable wrote: »

Make Judge Judy minister for Justice , Education and Social Welfare

Even if she doesn't want the jobs?

cloudatlas

99.9% of current and past Dail's "Off with their heads!"

Sh1tbag OToole

I'd go on a cattle raid and get meself some fine cattle, isn't that what kings do?

Legs.Eleven

I'd sit in a throne, wear a robe and a crown and hold a septor.

WoollyRedHat

I'd add an extra day on and declare a 30 hour week compulsory

I would declare the first of every month as a festival of debauchery.

hatrickpatrick

Get rid of party based Dail rules which punish independents, dismantle the debt based financial system altogether and introduce an interest-free currency, create new rules to require all politicians, judges, gardai etc to step aside from a particular issue and give it to one of their colleagues if any conflict of interest was identified, and introduce some kind of limit to the number of scandals a minister can preside over before being forced to resign.

WellThen?

I'd vote for you!

Pompous

Phase one:

I would turn all farm-able land into farms. All non farm-able land into wind farms. The west coast into wave farms. I would not stop until I eliminated the need for imports.

Phase two:

Mechanise and automate the farming and manufacturing industry to such a state that only a skeleton crew is required to feed the country.

Phase three:

Laugh as the fossil fuel addicted, false economy world crumbles around us.

Phase four:

????

Phase five:

Profit.