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

705 replies

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.
OP posts:
DisabledDemon · 27/04/2025 17:59

IAMINYOURWALLS · 27/04/2025 15:51

Are you serious?

Depends how I'm feeling.

peanutbuttertoasty · 27/04/2025 18:00

Setting the curriculum / special programs in school without parental oversight.

commonsense61 · 27/04/2025 18:09

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nahthatsnotforme · 27/04/2025 18:17

Lorrys in the middle lane
Boxing (do it in the street and get arrested, do it and call it sport is madness)
Leaving a dog alone all day

Kardamyli2 · 27/04/2025 18:19

sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 17:49

Your statements are irrelevant that's why

yes climate has always changed, claim a tiny gold star...
But over the past 2000 years, only in the last 150 years has the climate all around the world changed at the same time, and in the same direction, with warming of over 98% of the surface of the planet. But don't let critical thinking get in the way of your sound bites

"Only in the last 150 years has the climate all around the world changed at the same time" Nothing to say except 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂

JenniferBooth · 27/04/2025 18:19

MN people should be kicked to the curb as soon as they earn more , another family needs it more etc.

Also MN im not buying a house near that social housing estate. Its turned into a right ghetto.😐

JenniferBooth · 27/04/2025 18:24

And its always fucking families. Its never disabled ppl There is a shortage of bungalows but no one gives a shiny shite about that

SoOxon · 27/04/2025 18:29

SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 16:30

It's not impossible. I'd enforce it in the exact same way we enforced roaming dogs. It would soon become a thing of the past, just the same way dogs no longer roam.

People only think it's ridiculous because they are not used to it. And they only don't want it because they don't want to have to take responsibility for their pet.

O ! ok ! - massive eye roll

IAMINYOURWALLS · 27/04/2025 18:30

JenniferBooth · 27/04/2025 18:24

And its always fucking families. Its never disabled ppl There is a shortage of bungalows but no one gives a shiny shite about that

You aren't owed a bungalow just because you're disabled. I'm buying a bungalow because it's in my area and budget range.

JenniferBooth · 27/04/2025 18:31

IAMINYOURWALLS · 27/04/2025 18:30

You aren't owed a bungalow just because you're disabled. I'm buying a bungalow because it's in my area and budget range.

Yet ppl on here are saying you should be owed a house because you have living proof that you have had sex without contraception.

IAMINYOURWALLS · 27/04/2025 18:33

JenniferBooth · 27/04/2025 18:31

Yet ppl on here are saying you should be owed a house because you have living proof that you have had sex without contraception.

I don't think those people are owed a house either, for the record, I do think people should be prioritised for physical disabilities. I don't think its the states responsibility to fund other people's children.

SmegmaCausesBV · 27/04/2025 18:37

Changing your name if you have any criminal convictions at all should be illegal, let alone changing gender identity

Tailgating - every car with a reversing camera should be able to take a picture of any car within 1 meter in fast moving traffic to get the licence plate and immediately get at minimum £200 fine

People not indicating or indicating incorrectly (particularly cameras on roundabouts) should have a point on the licence for dangerous and inconsiderate driving

JorgyPorgy · 27/04/2025 18:39

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 27/04/2025 08:49

  1. Dogs in Restaurants
  2. Dogs in shops
  3. Dogs on public Transport

(Assistance dogs - real ones- allowed)

Ah how come? My tube journey is improved 1000% if there is dog in the carriage 😄 🐶

Potsofpetals · 27/04/2025 18:45
  1. council houses of any type unless you intend to buy it
  2. Tax on second homes. You’ve already paid more than your fair share into the system to be able to afford it in the first place
  3. Smoking.
andtheworldrollson · 27/04/2025 18:46

Agree with your 3 OP with one modification that second homes are allowed once everyone is safely housed

andtheworldrollson · 27/04/2025 18:46

Btw you don’t pay more than your fair share unless you send HMRC an extra cheque each year - those with more pay more is fair

JorgyPorgy · 27/04/2025 18:52

MonteStory · 27/04/2025 17:51

You’ve been prosecuted because your dog killed a sparrow? Or a wild rabbit?

No, of course you haven’t.

Domestic Cats do a lot of damage to uk garden bird population, they need to wear bells to alert birds at least although that’s not always going to stop them

JorgyPorgy · 27/04/2025 18:58
  1. Smoking and vaping including WEED outside of your own home. I don’t want to walk behind a smoker / vaper & especially don’t want to smell skunk being smoked in the park or wafting from neighbours garden etc , smells like fox pee 🤢
  2. noise pollution including phones without headphones, beeping car horn unless emergency, emergency sirens that are too loud in London / uk compared to other countries.
  3. cruelty to animals including factory farming
sleepwouldbenice · 27/04/2025 19:07

Kardamyli2 · 27/04/2025 18:19

"Only in the last 150 years has the climate all around the world changed at the same time" Nothing to say except 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 😂

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

Ddakji · 27/04/2025 19:07

JorgyPorgy · 27/04/2025 18:58

  1. Smoking and vaping including WEED outside of your own home. I don’t want to walk behind a smoker / vaper & especially don’t want to smell skunk being smoked in the park or wafting from neighbours garden etc , smells like fox pee 🤢
  2. noise pollution including phones without headphones, beeping car horn unless emergency, emergency sirens that are too loud in London / uk compared to other countries.
  3. cruelty to animals including factory farming

I thought the weed situation was bad in London but I was recently in New York - my God!! It was everywhere! Such a stench.

BethDuttonYeHaw · 27/04/2025 19:10

Failure to vaccinate your children (unless
valid medical reason)

ear piercing under the age of 12

Circumcising for non medical reasons

Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 27/04/2025 19:19

JorgyPorgy · 27/04/2025 18:39

Ah how come? My tube journey is improved 1000% if there is dog in the carriage 😄 🐶

I’m allergic to them.

Oilofeveningprimrose · 27/04/2025 19:22

SpringSunshineanddaffodils · 27/04/2025 08:54

I am deadly serious on number 3.

I have no idea why you are bringing up strays. I said "your cat" as in owned cats. I am very clearly not talking about strays.

Of course there are several naturally occuring wildlife predators. They are a complelty different kettle of fish though, aren't they?

Domestic cats are being cared for and fed by humans, they have their medical needs met. This means they occur in FAR greater numbers than they would occur naturally, and have a completely unfair advantage over native wildlife. Plus, they kill for fun, rarely for food. They are endangering birds, hedgehogs and many other rodents. They are a serious problem.

The biggest danger to birds and hedgehogs is actually traffic so maybe we should ban all means of transportation?

queenmeadhbh · 27/04/2025 19:27
  1. pornography
  2. circumcision for cultural reasons
  3. touching pregnant women’s stomachs
viques · 27/04/2025 19:33

I have chosen my three, but while prepping supper I remembered another one.

Restaurants who don’t cut the ends off carrots and beans but leave a little tail and leaf stump, carrot, or tails at either end, beans. Why do they do this? They have a kitchen full of sharp knives and veg prep chefs. Just do your job please.

My beans tonight were delicious, looked pretty and didn’t leave me with little bits of inedible green string on my plate. The tails went in the compost, where they belong.