This week’s topic is:
If you could write one new law, what would it be?
I’d make the UK dry, therefore any sale or manufacture of alcohol would be banned. Draconian fines or even prison sentences would be put in place for anybody breaking the law.
I know it would never happen in real life, as the Government would lose too much revenue. However, remembering the USA in the 1930s and prohibition, I know there would soon be a proliferation of back garden distilleries mushrooming all over the country, which would make the law worthless. But hey, I can dream can’t I?
But just imagine how much pleasanter the country would be if people didn’t try and break the law. People older than 40 might be able to venture into town centres again at night. Accident and Emergency centres wouldn’t be filled with drunk, violent and vomiting people on Friday and Saturday nights. Ambulance staff wouldn’t need to fear for their lives. The NHS wouldn’t need to treat alcoholics, as there wouldn’t be any, so there might be more beds available. Marriages might be saved, and there might be less homeless people on the streets. People would be happy facing reality and not constantly trying to block it out.
It’s a kind of Utopia I suppose. Will it ever happen? Yes, if I became Prime Minister! There would be several other laws I’d pass too, which would make me even more unpopular. My term of office would be terribly short.
Which laws would other blog -hoppers pass? Click on the blue button to find out, or even add your own blog.
P.J. MacLayne said:
I’ve always believed in moderation. one or two drinks once in a while doesn’t hurt (most people.) but we also know that common sense is rare and that’s what causes the problem.
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Stevie Turner said:
Absolutely, and an addictive nature.
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dgkaye said:
I would seriously miss my glass of red wine or margarita. I’m waiting for the tougher and toughest laws for those who text and drive – the new replacement to drunk drivers. 😦
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Stevie Turner said:
How can anyone text and drive at the same time? I’m sure I couldn’t.
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dgkaye said:
Omg Stevie, look around when you’re on the roads. Be leery of the leader who sits at a red light, light turns green and nobody moves til it’s almost yellow – texters most of the time holding up traffic. It’s brutal here with that. Let’s not even mention phone addicts who walk the streets with their heads buried in their phones. Many pedestrians have been hit by cars because their phones are obviously more important than life. 😦
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Stevie Turner said:
Yes I see people walking along looking down at their phones. Sam’s niece got hit by a car a few years’ back for doing just that. It’s stupid isn’t it?
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aurorawatcherak said:
Reblogged this on aurorawatcherak.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thank you for the re-blog.
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aurorawatcherak said:
I had that thought a long time ago, but then history informed me that thousands of people died in the mobster violence that grew out from Prohibition. It took a more or less peaceful activity with some major personal damages involved and turned it into a national tragedy with people dying of alcohol poisoning while some really bad criminals were emboldened in their criminality and violence.
As an American, I don’t wish that on my friends in the UK.
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for that info, Lela. It’s okay to dream though!
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aurorawatcherak said:
Hence “Transformation Project”. Getting rid of the federal government and its draconian jackboots by nuclear attack is the only way it will happen. Fortunately, they keep the fissionable materials tightly locked up.
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inspirationforwellness said:
Interesting thought.
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Stevie Turner said:
Isn’t it! We can dream, can’t we?
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inspirationforwellness said:
Yeah 🙂
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Darlene said:
I would pass a happiness law. People would not be allowed to be grumpy, grouchy or just plain miserable. I thought if we were fantasizing, I may as well go all out as I can’t abide miserable people. It’s just as easy to be happy as to be grumpy, in fact, it takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown. LOL
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Stevie Turner said:
Too true.
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franklparker said:
As you point out, bans don’t work. It hasn’t worked for drugs and didn’t work for booze in the USA. I’d make folks pay for all alcohol and drug related medical treatment – if they can afford to get legless thy can afford the treatment.
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Stevie Turner said:
Ha ha, good one Frank. Yes, they should be paying now.
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Jessica Bakkers said:
I’d be in on your ‘dry’ country idea. I very, very rarely imbibe so I wouldn’t miss it myself, and as you say, so much BAD could be alleviated without the over consumption of alcohol. If I were to write one law myself, it’d be that people have to be tested and licensed to own pets (like a driver’s license). Might stop a lot of puppies and kittens being bought on a whim then dumped. Might also stop a lot of undesirable people from being allowed to own pets.
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Stevie Turner said:
I think dog owners in the UK need to buy a licence? I’ve never owned a dog (nor will I ever either) so not sure. Perhaps somebody reading this can help out.
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Darlene said:
My research tells me that up until 1987, you had to have a licence to own a dog of any kind within Great Britain. This was abolished in 1987, and replaced in 1989 with the Dangerous Dogs Act. We haven’t had to have a licence for our dogs in Canada for a long time, unless it’s deemed a dangerous dog.
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Stevie Turner said:
Ah, thanks Darlene, I didn’t know licences had been abolished. What a shame. It would be a good little earner for the Government!
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Darlene said:
Apparently, it wasn’t. It cost more to run the program than to abolish it. This conversation makes me think of the Monty Python sketch when a fellow tries to get a licence for his pet bee, Eric. I laughed so hard when I heard it.
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Stevie Turner said:
Oh I’ve not seen that sketch. I’ll have to look it up on YouTube!
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Darlene said:
oops! I was wrong, In Canada, you do need a dog licence in most provinces. Here in Spain, you need to have a passport that ensures the dog has all its shots etc.Having your dog chipped is encouraged in case he/she goes missing.
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Darlene said:
Here it is! https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=MOnty+Pythin+ERic+the+Bee#id=5&vid=b15bd19e6d1e4f2eb5196865f582ab29&action=view
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Stevie Turner said:
Lol!
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