OK folks, here's a fun exercise. Let's say the people in your country are ready for a revolution. What are your revolutionary demands? What exactly do you want to see changed? :afro: My first one is the end of the DEA... Guess I'll include the CIA while I'm at it. NSA too. Now we don't want to see power just change hands at the agencies. They need to be shutdown as they do not serve the interests of the American people, and instead spread ill-will and corruption around the world.
Muslims out NOW... Ok, just joking. I think the removal of The House of Lords and a re-introduction of the death penalty for starters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords
Hmmm, well for the US I'd demand -Free weed Thursdays -House of Rep to be increased from 435 to something else, 500-535 -Senate to have its powers tweaked -Forced gay marriages for everyone -Decriminalization of personal drug use. -More mass transit in places it's viable -Health insurance for all -Burning of the south. -Making the dollar bill into a coin.
- A focus on personal freedom (socialist libertarianism) - An emphasis on the sciences. No laws against things like cloning, genetic engineering, etc. - People should be given a variety of mental tests which would be less biased than IQ tests in that they test more than one type of intelligence (IQ tests are currently based on how much information one can regurgitate onto a piece of paper, and the ones based on patterns are not ideal for the 1-7% of people with dyscalculia, such as myself). IQ tests would then be used to put children in school courses based on their type of intelligence, although it would be easy to transfer to another course if you were able to keep up. I've seen too many intelligent people drop out of school because it wasn't suited for them. This would solve this.
It'd be nice to lighten the laws on genetic engineering, cloning, etc., but there's always a need for regulation. There are some things that don't need to be cloned, not now, not ever.
We'll leave the troops in Iraq/Afghanistan then, right? As long as you can have a toke, everything is AOK. Just kidding. But it is surprising to see some peoples priorities.
You never know what'll happen. "Mr. President! How can we legalize every recreational drug while doing nothing about the war on terror!?" The president gives a sly smirk before replying. "Have you seen the new battle reports?" The general furrows his brow as he reads the combat report. "This is impossible... Are you telling me that all we've needed to do to win the war on terror is let our troops use PCP?" *Meanwhile on the battle field* "OH MY GOD, DEMONS EVERYWHERE!" "BOOM, HEADSHOT. BOOM, HEADSHOT." "Well, that's everyone in the Middle East killed. Time to go home."
@dreadlocksftw...lol. I'd rather keep the troops there. I'm not making any political point here, tbh. I'm just surprised the moment power is in peoples hands it's back to legalising MJ first and foremost. That's all. It could atleast be, say, the 5th thing you think about. Jeez. /end of moralising.
Fuck it, that's who I am, I'm not going to lie and say anything else would be the first thing I'd want to see changed. If that changes your opinion of me, if you felt it necessary to have one at all, I really can't say I give that big of a rat's ass. I live in my own little fucking world because guess what? I'm a fucking pissant in society, nothing I want or do will change anything, and you know what, I've accepted that. So yeah, in a hypothetical thread, where the answers don't make a goddamn shit of a difference, I chose a semi-selfish want. You don't like it, you be the martyr and pick for the troops to come home.
Truth be told when people on here complain about the fact people in the US, Canada, whatever aren't uprising like people in Egypt it's because............well look at the difference in the problems, 30 years of authoritarian and repressive rule and a stagnant economy from rampant corruption where 30% rise in grain prices is a huge issue, or wanting to smoke weed. Yet let us overthrow our democratically elected government because we want weed and we want it now.
People should stop with this 'play it cool' stranger shit. at times I personally don't know where to draw the line (not very good at 'playing it cool.'). Love thy stranger yo.
Relax. It was just an observation. NOT A JUDGMENT. "Just kidding. But it is surprising to see some peoples priorities."
I don't think that legalizing recreational drugs (or just marijuana) should be a priority. Doesn't the Netherlands have a huge addiction problem because of that? Science should be first and foremost. Our future isn't here, it's in the stars and through genetic enhancement. What's the point of getting high when you can live for 800 years? I suppose you could smoke weed in that time if you wanted to.