If I were in charge...

[Tracy]

Derangon said:

Good thing I'm not running for supreme owner of the universe, then.

Moose, I've suggested a solution already. Just get a few dowsers in... if they pick wrong, they can be publicly executed or something.

Okay, I've finished being controversial. If I really owned the world, I would:
Still return Radio to the primary information resource. Radio rocks.
Allow abortions.
Alcohol and cigarettes= illegal.
Make condoms free for those who require them.
Make May 23rd a public holiday. In celebration of bacon.

What is with people and wanting to ban cigarettes and alcohol? Alcohol is a GOOD thing, it's proven to be good for you in reasonable quantities. Cigarettes are never a good thing, but at least people aren't doing stupid things to get their hands on them, like with illegal drugs. I still stand by saying cigarettes should only be allowed in the confines of a private premesis.

Dowsers? Exsqueese me? So many flaws in that, I'm not even going to discuss it.

And the Feng Shui thing. If it makes people feel better about themselves in a pure, natural, why is it a bad thing? It sounds quite a calming, balancing thing to so, actually. I know for a fact I always get stressed out when surrounded by clutter and things.

I agree. You're not going to get many votes.

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Derangon said:

Good thing I'm not running for supreme owner of the universe, then.

Moose, I've suggested a solution already. Just get a few dowsers in... if they pick wrong, they can be publicly executed or something.

Okay, I've finished being controversial. If I really owned the world, I would:
Still return Radio to the primary information resource. Radio rocks.
Allow abortions.
Alcohol and cigarettes= illegal.
Make condoms free for those who require them.
Make May 23rd a public holiday. In celebration of bacon.

There's nothing wrong with alcohol--in moderation. A glass of wine a day is supposed to be good for the heart.

I agree that giving out condoms sends a message to kids to have sex. It's like saying "Hey, have sex at 14 before you're emotionally ready for it. Here, I'll help you out by giving you this condom! Now just go find someone and do it!"

And Fung Shui...do you mean Feng Shui? That's just the belief that stuff should go in a certain place to achieve perfect balance..how does that hold us back?

And disallowing democracy and basically bringing back monarchy..nuh uh. Not good. Not chosing the person you want to run you country and being stuck with them no matter what? I mean, we're kind of in war with Iraw right now, but if the first Bush was still Prez we would've been in the middle of war with them for the past 14 years straight...

I agree with everyone. You would not get a single vote with that platform.

And I don't get this:

Moose, I've suggested a solution already. Just get a few dowsers in... if they pick wrong, they can be publicly executed or something.

Are you saying that if people don't agree with you they would just be killed? That's a dictatorship. That's what Stalin and Hitler did.

[derangon]

Ninja said:

I agree that giving out condoms sends a message to kids to have sex. It's like saying "Hey, have sex at 14 before you're emotionally ready for it. Here, I'll help you out by giving you this condom! Now just go find someone and do it!"

Not publicly handing them out... but they should be free for those who require them. It's a health and safety thing, right?

I believe that cigarettes should be illegal because they endanger others... sometimes more than the smoker themselves. You are, essentially, killing someone if you sit next to them and smoke for long periods of time. The stench, and chemicals from a single cigarette can hang around in the air for hours afterwards.

The thing that irks me about alcohol is when people first get started.
"I can quit whenever I want!"
And they can... for a week.
Alcohol is much too easy for people to become addicted to. Not cool.

My reasoning behind radio being a primary information resource makes sense to me, anyway. They run on batteries which can last for months, they're portable, they're installed in practically everything nowadays, you don't have to set annoying VCR timers, you don't have to purchase replacements every week (like newspapers) and it's instant.

Again- I don't WANT to get any votes. I don't WANT try and win some hypothetical popularity contest. The primary reason I'm here is to make you think and to consider a ludicrous point of view seriously. Tis what I do.

[thegreenmooseofdoom]

Derangon said:

Not publicly handing them out... but they should be free for those who require them. It's a health and safety thing, right?

Since you can get them for 50 cents in a bathroom, I don't think there's much of a problem there. Just handing them out will encourage people to be less... responcible than they'd normally be.

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Ninja said:

I agree that giving out condoms sends a message to kids to have sex. It's like saying "Hey, have sex at 14 before you're emotionally ready for it. Here, I'll help you out by giving you this condom! Now just go find someone and do it!"

If people wanna do it they'll do it. Don't you think it's much better to give out free condoms and have people having protected sex, than making them harder to come by and having a population boom?

[tennmagpie]

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. If I become president of the United States, I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

[Crystal]

Tenn said:

I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. If I become president of the United States, I'm not going to eat any more broccoli.

LOL Tenn!

[william]

I actually love broccoli!

[Jessica Coconut]

Me too! The media gives it such a bad image, along with every other veggie. And they make meat look so good (it has to be prepared perfectly for me to like it, I'm super-picky about my meat). Except for the vegetarians.