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mashman
2nd July 2010, 09:49
The govt in the UK are creating a website asking the british public which laws they'd like to see scrapped... a new Freedom Bill is being drafted...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100701/tuk-public-asked-which-laws-should-we-sc-dba1618.html
Milts
2nd July 2010, 10:13
Dude.
Duuuuuude.

How come no modern democracy has had this before? That's genius!
CookMySock
2nd July 2010, 10:29
Clever on the face of it, but the thing with 'law', is that it usually has all sorts of loopholes in it, and over time laws get patched on here and there to fix it, so while it's a big hotchpotch, it's a hotchpotch that sort-of works. Throwing big basic lumps of it out will quite likely put the legal system back in patch-it mode leading to side-effects that no-one foresaw. So I'd be just a little careful about the intent of the person who proposed it, administered it, and finalised it, as you might get (or lose) more than you bargained for.


Steve
Magua
2nd July 2010, 10:31
This could be interesting, depending on what they decide to remove, if anything.

Straight off the back I'm reminded of the Walkerton Tragedy. :P Cut costs, downsize government, remove regulation and introduce new problems.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3867816
CookMySock
2nd July 2010, 10:44
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3867816I don't think anyone would suggest removals of basic controls on essential stuff like water supply - thats a pretty basic foundation of human safety. Maybe lots of other things are too, but we seem to have got along nicely so far without all extra paperwork.

Steve
mashman
2nd July 2010, 13:11
This could be interesting, depending on what they decide to remove, if anything.

Straight off the back I'm reminded of the Walkerton Tragedy. :P Cut costs, downsize government, remove regulation and introduce new problems.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/3867816

lol, always depends on the agenda i guess.
CookMySock
2nd July 2010, 15:06
lol, always depends on the agenda i guess.The size of the carrot will make many not think about that at all...

Steve
mashman
2nd July 2010, 17:48
The size of the carrot will make many not think about that at all...

Steve

Aye. the courts will get a lot busier too, from people re-challenging their case against the new laws... we'll need more lawyers. It could all go horribly wrong too. enjoy your freedom :shifty: