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You are given the power to make three things illegal. What would you choose?

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SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 08:40

I know people will post silly things that irritate them but think seriously. What three things would you make completely illegal right now?
Here's mine:

  1. The right to buy your council house
  2. Owning more than one property.
  3. Not keeping your cat contained in your own home. With hefty fines if it is caught killing any wildlife.
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JohnTheRevelator · 27/04/2025 22:39
  1. Playing music/watching videos on your phone (or any device) in public without headphones.
  2. Spitting in the street.
  3. Parents letting their kids behave like little shits in public.
godmum56 · 27/04/2025 22:07

Bloody supercilious cyclists who think they own the whole of the road.

Cakeonthefloor · 27/04/2025 21:58

Morningup · 27/04/2025 09:31

Source?
Time period?

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This is from a quick Google but there was an article in Nature journal if you want to research further.

You are given the power to make three things illegal. What would you choose?
IslandsAround · 27/04/2025 21:52

Inspired by another poster -

Current parenting laws - both parents have to be DNA tested at child’s birth and bio parents on birth certificate. Everyone has a mother and father and should be legal obligation to ensure record is accurate for child.

Mandated parenting courses - and relationship courses.

Compulsory financial education in schools

Jennifershuffles · 27/04/2025 21:38

I'd also ban outdoor cats, it would have a huge positive impact on city wildlife.

I'd make whoever produces packaging responsible for it's safe carbon neutral disposal to get rid of all but the most essential single use plastic packaging.

I'd also ban surveillance capitalism as a mechanism for funding social media and online games.

Ooral · 27/04/2025 21:33

SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 08:40

I know people will post silly things that irritate them but think seriously. What three things would you make completely illegal right now?
Here's mine:

  1. The right to buy your council house
  2. Owning more than one property.
  3. Not keeping your cat contained in your own home. With hefty fines if it is caught killing any wildlife.

You posted the silliest things on the thread.

  1. Religion
  2. Religion
  3. Left wing loonies complaining about buying council houses
bigkahunaburger · 27/04/2025 21:31

Parental alienation

Being a shit co-parent

Higher conviction rates and longer sentences for rape and DV

MadeForThis · 27/04/2025 21:15

1 - any form of gambling.
2- social media before 16.
3 - The Royal Family.

Kardamyli2 · 27/04/2025 21:15

sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 20:59

Your jokes match IQ
Try a simple Google of reliable sources (hint: not you tube or tiktok) to quickly understand that you beliefs put you in the same camp as extreme maga
But you won't.
Hence my original point

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Can you please translate your post to English? I'm not fluent in gibberish.

MrsKateColumbo · 27/04/2025 21:08
  1. smart motorways
  2. People who speed up from side roads and brake sharply as if they aren't going to stop.
  3. Middle lane hoggers!
Tandora · 27/04/2025 21:03

letsnotIRL · 27/04/2025 08:45

  1. Smoking or drinking or any type of substance abuse while pregnant.
  2. Social media before the age of 16.
  3. Illegal to become a parent without doing some sort of parenting course. Once woman has first scan, both parents should be sent for classes to ensure child safety at home.
  4. DP says smoking altogether should be illegal.
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You’d ban bodily autonomy for pregnant women?!

sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 20:59

Kardamyli2 · 27/04/2025 20:52

Try a nap @sleepwouldbeniceit will do wonders for your cognitive abilities.

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Your jokes match IQ
Try a simple Google of reliable sources (hint: not you tube or tiktok) to quickly understand that you beliefs put you in the same camp as extreme maga
But you won't.
Hence my original point

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SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 20:55

I'm changing mine, anyway, after my weekend

  1. Houses that refuse to clean themselves
  2. Lawns that refuse to mow themselves
  3. Children that whinge on family walks
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SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 20:54

BlueandWhitePorcelain · 27/04/2025 20:37

IMO, bicycles should have number plates, and cyclists should pay for compulsory insurance and road tax

I was at the head of a queue of traffic at some temporary traffic lights on red today - and a cyclist just sailed past us, through the red light! Why does the Highway Code not apply to cyclists?

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That cyclist was in the wrong, they absolutely should be following the highway code.

But it seems unfair to bring back road tax just for cyclists when no-one else has to pay it. Everyone, including cyclists, already pay for the roads through their council tax. Why make cyclists pay extra?

As for insurance, cars can do a LOT more damage to other people and property than bikes can.

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Kardamyli2 · 27/04/2025 20:52

sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 19:07

Hard of thinking does that to a person
Hence my suggestion in the first place

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Try a nap @sleepwouldbeniceit will do wonders for your cognitive abilities.

LakieLady · 27/04/2025 20:46
  1. Playing music in a car that's so loud that it can be heard outside your car.
  2. Another vote for spitting in the street or any other public place.
  3. Packaging that isn't easy to open.
BlueandWhitePorcelain · 27/04/2025 20:37

SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 16:01

Are you suggesting they cycle on the pavements?! Or are you advocating for more cycle paths? Because I can get behind that.
Either way we ALL pay for the roads, through our council tax, and we should therefore all be allowed to use them. Car drivers do NOT pay road tax, and have no more rights to the road than anyone else.

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IMO, bicycles should have number plates, and cyclists should pay for compulsory insurance and road tax

I was at the head of a queue of traffic at some temporary traffic lights on red today - and a cyclist just sailed past us, through the red light! Why does the Highway Code not apply to cyclists?

sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 20:32

SmegmaCausesBV · 27/04/2025 19:42

If you get permission for a dropped curb for a drive you can ask the council to paint an H in front to show it's not a space, although the dropped curb should really be a big clue!

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Just to point out that getting a widened driveway and dropped kerb often takes shared parking off others. Especially in cul de sacs where not everyone can do the same

LakieLady · 27/04/2025 20:21

MissPobjoysPonies · 27/04/2025 09:27

You are wrong. Crocs are fabulous garden shoes.

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Crocs cured the plantar fasciitis that had had me near crippled for more than 2 years.

I agree that they're hideous, and wouldn't dream of going further than my garden in them, but they are great for PF.

AFrankExchangeofViews · 27/04/2025 20:05

Fruity/candy flavoured vapes that target children - should be criminal

viques · 27/04/2025 20:02

Morningup · 27/04/2025 19:36

You need to go to nicer restaurants
not something I have ever encountered

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In my experience it is nice restaurants that do it! I think they spend too much time watching tv cheffing.

JustMeAndTheFish · 27/04/2025 20:00

Stupid and idiotic plastic washing up bowls that make it impossible to actually fit your plates in the sink. And won’t stand up when you try to keep them out of the way.
Straight into Room 101. (Off topic, but I actually had room 101 in an oasis hotel in Abu Dhabi. It consisted of two reception rooms, a dressing room, bedroom, dining room and mini kitchen. All for one person).

Oilofeveningprimrose · 27/04/2025 19:56

Badbadbunny · 27/04/2025 19:39

Transportation is a necessity. Owning a cat isn't!

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Is it though? Every trip people make is a necessity? I bet a very small percentage of trips are actually necessary. Owning a cat is a necessity for us for pest control. Unless of course you would like us to use poison to control rats and kill the local owl population alongside them?
Never ever have I seen a hedgehog harmed by a cat.

NeedAnyHelpWithThatPaperBag · 27/04/2025 19:52

Profiteering
Party manifestos allowed to be unenforceable
A home being something traded on a world wide game of Monopoly

Popsicle1981 · 27/04/2025 19:49

Halfemptyhalfling · 27/04/2025 11:59

Scrapping cash would mean govt, banks, hackers etc could follow every transaction . Also some people are not allowed bank accounts due to past money problems.

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You are allowed a post office account

I agree - ban all cash

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