If I Ruled the World

Lord Canti · Post by **Lord Canti** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:20 pm

Since all of us are constantly trying to take over a continent or the world on this site, I wonder about the first thing a person would do if they actually conquered the world.

If I ruled the world, I would command the leaders of nations to bare-knuckle box for my own personal amusement.

vtmarik · Post by **vtmarik** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:25 pm

If I ruled the world, I'd enact penalties for lawyers who bring useless frivolous lawsuits. Two violations and they lose their license to practice law for a year. Three violations and they get disbarred, end of story.

I'd institute training in fencing and martial arts in all public schools, so kids feel empowered and don't see the need for guns.

I'd restrict military recruiters to where they cannot bother people in shopping malls, schools, and their mailboxes. If someone wants to join the military, they'll call you. Don't shove it down anyone's throat.

I'd remove the selective service requirements for having driver's licenses and such.

I'd abolish the electoral college and institute the old system of one man, one vote.

I'd retrain the police and enact strict psychological screenings.

And other stuff that I can't think of right now.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:26 pm

vtmarik wrote:I'd institute training in fencing and martial arts in all public schools, so kids feel empowered and don't see the need for guns.

I believe they do this in Korea.

perchorin · Post by **perchorin** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:27 pm

hecter wrote:
vtmarik wrote:I'd institute training in fencing and martial arts in all public schools, so kids feel empowered and don't see the need for guns.
I believe they do this in Korea.

no, they don't.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:29 pm

Well I know somebody who went to teach in korea and she said that the students in post-secondary education had to be proficiant in a martial arts to graduate.

AAFitz · Post by **AAFitz** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:29 pm

id make the borders of brunei and sumatra easier to read

vtmarik · Post by **vtmarik** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:30 pm

hecter wrote:Well I know somebody who went to teach in korea and she said that the students in post-secondary education had to be proficiant in a martial arts to graduate.

I think perchorin knows, he's in South Korea.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:36 pm

Well, I'll trust him then.

If I ruled the world I would do a lot of cool stuff. Mostly liberal, lefty stuff, but cool none the less.

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:37 pm

If I ruled the world I would take over CC and force Blitz to lose to me!

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:44 pm

if i ruled the world i would hang hecter

jk you're cool hecter

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:46 pm

I would hang anyone that tried to hang hecter

Aradhus · Post by **Aradhus** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:30 pm

I would hang anyone.

Neutrino · Post by **Neutrino** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:32 pm

Aradhus wrote:I would hang anyone.

I see a world under you would be a fair and democratic place!

Aradhus · Post by **Aradhus** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:35 pm

Democracy is for the weak.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:45 pm

vtmarik wrote: I'd restrict military recruiters to where they cannot bother people in shopping malls, schools, and their mailboxes. If someone wants to join the military, they'll call you. Don't shove it down anyone's throat.

coming from a military background, i feel compelled to respond...you know me very well VT, don't take this the wrong way...

sometimes, the military recruiters do good...sometimes, people do want info on the military, and aren't sure how to get it...i know at my school, when they come (once a year) they have to stay behind their tables, and they can't reach out to get our attention...they can say stuff, but they can't like grab our arms or anything...and they can't walk through our crowds...the rules we have right now about what they can and can't do seem good enough to me...because not everyone who wants to join know how...and sometimes, its not something you can ask your parents about

okay, the rant is over...

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:09 am

s.xkitten wrote:
vtmarik wrote: I'd restrict military recruiters to where they cannot bother people in shopping malls, schools, and their mailboxes. If someone wants to join the military, they'll call you. Don't shove it down anyone's throat.

coming from a military background, i feel compeled to respond...you know me very well VT, don't take this the wrong way...

sometimes, the military recruiters do good...sometimes, people do want info on the military, and aren't sure how to get it...i know at my school, when they come (once a year) they have to stay behind their tables, and they can't reach out to get our attention...they can say stuff, but they can't like grab our arms or anything...and they can't walk through our crowds...the rules we have right now about what they can and can't do seem good enough to me...because not everyone who wants to join know how...and sometimes, its not something you can ask your parents about

okay, the rant is over...

[rant begins

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I think military recruitment should be banned in all public places. If you want to go join the military go to their recruitment office. I had a mate in the army that did recruitment stints and the tactics they used on young impressionable guys was totally unprofessional. In the UK thankfully they don't come round schools like they do in the US (or at least they didn't in my day) but I've heard they focus mainly on the underprivileged schools and shopping malls in socially deprived areas in the States. I wonder if this tallies with your experience? Do they go round any private fee paying schools there, or is it just mainly to the state schools in poor areas (often predominantly non-white urban schools).

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:34 am

i go to a private boarding school...sorry to pop that bubble....like i said, don't take this the wrong way...i don't agree with what they do, or how they do it...just like i don't agree with the war in iraq...but i felt compelled to say that

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:38 am

s.xkitten wrote:i go to a private boarding school...sorry to pop that bubble....like i said, don't take this the wrong way...i don't agree with what they do, or how they do it...just like i don't agree with the war in iraq...but i felt compelled to say that

I stand corrected

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:40 am

catholic too...just to point that out...not sure if that makes any difference

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:41 am

s.xkitten wrote:catholic too...just to point that out...not sure if that makes any difference

It makes all the difference.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:42 am

i figured you'd pop up...

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:45 am

s.xkitten wrote:catholic too...just to point that out...not sure if that makes any difference

Just as an offtopic diversion, in you sig you've got the reference to Guy Fawkes, any particular reason?
I just mention this as since you go to a catholic school I thought an anti-catholic celebration was a strange choice for your sig.

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:51 am

lol...i hate catholicism, and Christianity in general with a passion...i have been exorcised (it failed, according to them, and was therefor not recorded), beaten over the head with a bible, ridiculed, kicked out of class, called a bitch by my deacon, and generally beat up by catholics at my school...i strongly despise Christianity (although not the individuals, usually)

Knight of Orient · Post by **Knight of Orient** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:52 am

i would make the highest ranked people here my generals and move on to other worlds

s.xkitten · Post by **s.xkitten** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:54 am

i would throw the world into a state of anarchy and then leave it to figure its shit out