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Rules laws and damned regulations; they’re everywhere and all-encompassing. So many laws yet the world is lawless.
If I were king I’d scrap ‘em all and replace them with just three, written in plain English and needing no interpretation by lawyers or judges. While I'd love to ban the wearing of tracksuits and joggers outside of training environments, I mean they're so unbecoming and make people look slovenly, I'd never get away with that. Besides, I'm not really the banning type of gal.
So, first: Do not knowingly cause damage to the person or property of another… and when I say cause damage I don’t mean offending with hurty words or refusing to use a preferred pronoun.
This rule would solve a myriad of problems. Substances injurious to health, present in almost everything we use and consume would be withdrawn, reducing pollution in the air, land and water and we'd all live more healthily ever after. I contend that these poisons are responsible for many of the health conditions we’ve seen develop in the last hundred years.
Not so long ago it was not uncommon for people to enjoy a relatively healthful existence well into their 70’s, despite no access to modern medicine. These days almost everyone seems to be taking some pill or other to treat, but never cure, some condition or other.
It would also put a stop to the madness of jailing people for voicing their opinions, for their posts on social media or for making stickers saying 'It's ok to be white.'
No victim, no crime. Make common sense great again!
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Second: Live and let live, or in other words, mind your own damned business. Unless the actions of another are curtailing your freedom, or he is breaking my first rule, leave him the hell alone. Each man to his idiosyncrasies! Why would it concern you how another chooses to live as long as he extends the same courtesy to you?
Third and most importantly, anyone mentioning diversity, equality or inclusion, cultural appropriation or unconscious bias will be immediately hanged...well maybe not hanged, but certainly banished.
Sure I'd have a little paradise in no time at all. There'd be queues at the border.
Persuade me otherwise:)
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Posted in response to @galenkp's Weekend Experiences prompt
asking 'If you were the ruler of your own country what three rules would you set for the population?'
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