If you became world leader, what one thing would you change?

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A5

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Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Good thing you're not the world leader. We would have terrorism and conflict up the ass if we implemented your idiotic ideas.

Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.

Methinks you would not live very long afterwards.

I'd just kill all political rivals. Presumptive in this is the fact that you have enough military power to make your wishes count, otherwise, how did you take over the world?

What about when the army rises against you for being a dumbass?
 

imported_Tick

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Feb 17, 2005
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Originally posted by: A5
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Good thing you're not the world leader. We would have terrorism and conflict up the ass if we implemented your idiotic ideas.

Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.

Methinks you would not live very long afterwards.

I'd just kill all political rivals. Presumptive in this is the fact that you have enough military power to make your wishes count, otherwise, how did you take over the world?

What about when the army rises against you for being a dumbass?

That's what the secret police are for.
 

kogase

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Sep 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
First things first.......anybody living in the desert and starving gets freaking moved somewhere else.

Would that help? Many starving people don't live in the desert and simply lack the knowledge and resources (including owning land).
 

PingSpike

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Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Good thing you're not the world leader. We would have terrorism and conflict up the ass if we implemented your idiotic ideas.

Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.

Methinks you would not live very long afterwards.

I'd just kill all political rivals. Presumptive in this is the fact that you have enough military power to make your wishes count, otherwise, how did you take over the world?

I've only thought about this for the United States. Basically, I'd reinstitute the constitution by force, build algae based biodiesel production facilities in the southwest's deserts and push nuclear power.

Then I'd like to give the power back...but I'd have to find some way to take the money out of politics, and add an amendment that made violating the constitution by passing unconstitutional laws a treasonable offense, punishable by execution.

Then I'd wail on my guitar and pork some babes.
 

imported_Tick

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Feb 17, 2005
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Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Good thing you're not the world leader. We would have terrorism and conflict up the ass if we implemented your idiotic ideas.

Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.

Methinks you would not live very long afterwards.

I'd just kill all political rivals. Presumptive in this is the fact that you have enough military power to make your wishes count, otherwise, how did you take over the world?

I've only thought about this for the United States. Basically, I'd reinstitute the constitution by force, build algae based biodiesel production facilities in the southwest's deserts and push nuclear power.

Then I'd like to give the power back...but I'd have to find some way to take the money out of politics, and add an amendment that made violating the constitution by passing unconstitutional laws a treasonable offense, punishable by execution.

Then I'd wail on my guitar and pork some babes.

That would seem to be several different idea. You fail.
 

DaShen

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Dec 1, 2000
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Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Edit: Approval ratings do not matter in this case.

LOL... are you serious? :roll:

I would start to do major changes with population control. In other words charge for each child born to a person/couple. In which case each subsequent child born will be more expensive. That doens't take away the freedom, but it puts something to hinder more than a few children per family. This would apply to single parents as well. (Make people take personal responsibility for their actions) I would also force technologies for cleaner more efficient energy solutions. I would make all children take a placement exam which would place them in a curriculum best suited for them (they can voluntarily choose something else though).

Also instead of stripping cultural and religious identity, I would begin to shift populations, so that cultures would co-mingle. I would mandate freedom of speech everywhere and religious freedom as an inherent right.

**EDIT**
As of right now, the US makes it easier on the parents who have a large amount of kids. Most families with a lot of children end up getting free rides to college, and there is a large tax writeoff for having many kids. This should be taken away. Unless the family is adopting kids, overpopulation is goign to be a major concern in the near future. Lack of resources and pollution both tie into this problem. The government needs to stop making it an incentive to have a lot of children, otherwise it will slowly become a problem. Single parents get large tax writeoffs and even government aid. Yet the growth of single teenage mothers in America has grown so much in the past 3 decades.
 

kogase

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Sep 8, 2004
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Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Edit: Approval ratings do not matter in this case.

LOL... are you serious :roll:

I would start to do major changes with population control. In other words charge for each child born to a person/couple. In which case each subsequent child born will be more expensive. That doens't take away the freedom, but it puts something to hinder more than a few children per family. This would apply to single parents as well. (Make people take personal responsibility for their actions) I would also force technologies for cleaner more efficient energy solutions. I would make all children take a placement exam which would place them in a curriculum best suited for them (they can voluntarily choose something else though).

Also instead of stripping cultural and religious identity, I would begin to shift populations, so that cultures would co-mingle. I would mandate freedom of speech everywhere and religious freedom as an inherent right.

All in a single action? Plus, please rephrase that into the form of a question (just curious).
 

imported_Tick

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Feb 17, 2005
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Originally posted by: DaShen
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Edit: Approval ratings do not matter in this case.

LOL... are you serious :roll:

I would start to do major changes with population control. In other words charge for each child born to a person/couple. In which case each subsequent child born will be more expensive. That doens't take away the freedom, but it puts something to hinder more than a few children per family. This would apply to single parents as well. (Make people take personal responsibility for their actions) I would also force technologies for cleaner more efficient energy solutions. I would make all children take a placement exam which would place them in a curriculum best suited for them (they can voluntarily choose something else though).

Also instead of stripping cultural and religious identity, I would begin to shift populations, so that cultures would co-mingle. I would mandate freedom of speech everywhere and religious freedom as an inherent right.

That seems to be several idea, so you fail. Also, yes, I am serious.
 

JulesMaximus

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Jul 3, 2003
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If I were world leader I'd make it so that none of your corny ideas could ever be implemented.
 

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
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Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Originally posted by: Tick
Originally posted by: ntdz
Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Good thing you're not the world leader. We would have terrorism and conflict up the ass if we implemented your idiotic ideas.

Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.

Methinks you would not live very long afterwards.

I'd just kill all political rivals. Presumptive in this is the fact that you have enough military power to make your wishes count, otherwise, how did you take over the world?

I've only thought about this for the United States. Basically, I'd reinstitute the constitution by force, build algae based biodiesel production facilities in the southwest's deserts and push nuclear power.

Then I'd like to give the power back...but I'd have to find some way to take the money out of politics, and add an amendment that made violating the constitution by passing unconstitutional laws a treasonable offense, punishable by execution.

Then I'd wail on my guitar and pork some babes.

That would seem to be several different idea. You fail.

I see. In that case I would pork hot babes.
 

DaShen

Lifer
Dec 1, 2000
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Fine, I would force the energy market to use more efficient energy solutions.

This would make the earth cleaner and livable, and also it would allow for more third world countries to run on electricity after some development with the technology.

Later on, when population control was more of an issue, I would then institute the other idea.
 

Vic

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Jun 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Edit: Approval ratings do not matter in this case.

You realize this has already been tried, right? FYI: the names of those who tried were Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. You would go over just as well.

Originally posted by: Tick
Death pentalty for practicing your culture would fix this. Also, I would give the army police powers for the first 25 years or so.
Yep, that's exactly what they did as well. And roughly 100 million died for the "crime" of practicing their culture.

Moron <^>:roll:
 

CPA

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: Tick
I personally would strip away everyones culture. No cultural identity at all, everyone has to completly assimilate, and speak english. Also, with this of course would be no religion, no non-state holidays, no praying, no cooking culutral food, except so as to try something different, like eating at a mexican restaraunt, and no remebering your heritage.

Edit: Approval ratings do not matter in this case.

That's more than one idea...you fail.

Also, your idea's contradict each other, so....you fail again.