This just in : Rituals Of Desecration to be legalised!!!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 7:02 pm
Imagine. A bill has been prepared to legalise the performance of RoDs.
Frightening stuff.
Assuming we as the lawmakers were to bow to the pressure of the youth of today (the maybe kerboomers), who are keen on a little more freedom to make their own decisions.
The RoD is an obvious choice. These days more and more people are dabbling with Rituals, despite there being clear laws against such a practice. The argument for decriminalisation is becoming a louder and louder voice with each passing day. Overauthoritarianism, they scream. Stifling of one's natural creativity, others say. Every Land citizen should have the right to bear RoDs, is the general call.
The lobbying is now at such heights that to turn a deaf ear would be political suicide. The time has come.
So, the only decision more suicidal than refusing to listen to the proles' call for freedom of choice, is to legalise a dangerous practice without applying strict controls.
My question to you all is :
If the free practice of desecrative rituals is to be legalised, what controls would you consider need to be put in place to ensure that the council of the day does not become jotted down in history as the one that "allowed history to repeat itself"?
For instance, for a start, I think we should have a bar-code etched into each and every RoD produced, a licencing system linked to the indexing, and a log of registrars maintained by a policing force. Licences could not be given out willy-nilly, there would need to be a psychological assessment, character references, and an age limit.
Intended use is crucial; recreational ritual practice outlawed except during specified ritual sporting seasons and in approved areas subject to environmental studies of the ecology that may be affected by misuse. Employees who require access to RoDs during their natural course of employment will need Mark checks on a regular basis to ensure their suitability for ongoing employment in that field.
Pursuit of unlicenced ritual-holders would need to be hunted and pressured even harder than illegal users currently are. Licence issue will entail an application fee (refundable only if application successful), a cooling off period, and a purchase cost.
And we should tax the blazes out of licence sales. 50% levy on the original price (which is managed by the ritual generator companies, those being private operators operating under a self-regulatory regime but subject to irregular auditing and watchdog supervision).
Licences have a limited term of 2 years. They must be renewed each time they expire and the purchase cost re-applied again as a renewal fee.
Good Ritual maintenance to be rewarded with merit points. No point using demerits for bad maintenance as ... well bad maintenance is gonna cause our Quicken to crash anyway. Merit points can be reclaimed as discounts off renewals. But the levy remains at 50% of original price. Your renewal may be only 90% of original purchase cost due to merit points but it will still attract the full 50% tax.
Those currently illegally holding RoDs will be invited to return their rituals under a six-month amnesty, collection points will need to be set up at pivotal points throughout the land.
All unregulated ritual generation to be outlawed and punished to the full extent of the law. Rituals will carry a council seal that designates it as being an approved product.
Finally, all rituals are to fitted with a safety catch, and rituals must remain unloaded at all times except under the acceptable circumstances as referred above. Rituals must be contained in a lockable vessel at all times outside of the process of use, and that vessel must remain locked during those times.
Standard issue RoD containment vessels will be issued at a fee plus levy for a prescribed fee. No ritual to be sold by the generator in any form of dual vendor contract along with a vessel. No ritual generator to be licenced to sell vessels, and vice versa. Additional cooling off period mandatory between purchase of vessel and purchase of ritual. Proof of ownership of vessel must be shown before sale of ritual approved.
Any questions?
Frightening stuff.
Assuming we as the lawmakers were to bow to the pressure of the youth of today (the maybe kerboomers), who are keen on a little more freedom to make their own decisions.
The RoD is an obvious choice. These days more and more people are dabbling with Rituals, despite there being clear laws against such a practice. The argument for decriminalisation is becoming a louder and louder voice with each passing day. Overauthoritarianism, they scream. Stifling of one's natural creativity, others say. Every Land citizen should have the right to bear RoDs, is the general call.
The lobbying is now at such heights that to turn a deaf ear would be political suicide. The time has come.
So, the only decision more suicidal than refusing to listen to the proles' call for freedom of choice, is to legalise a dangerous practice without applying strict controls.
My question to you all is :
If the free practice of desecrative rituals is to be legalised, what controls would you consider need to be put in place to ensure that the council of the day does not become jotted down in history as the one that "allowed history to repeat itself"?
For instance, for a start, I think we should have a bar-code etched into each and every RoD produced, a licencing system linked to the indexing, and a log of registrars maintained by a policing force. Licences could not be given out willy-nilly, there would need to be a psychological assessment, character references, and an age limit.
Intended use is crucial; recreational ritual practice outlawed except during specified ritual sporting seasons and in approved areas subject to environmental studies of the ecology that may be affected by misuse. Employees who require access to RoDs during their natural course of employment will need Mark checks on a regular basis to ensure their suitability for ongoing employment in that field.
Pursuit of unlicenced ritual-holders would need to be hunted and pressured even harder than illegal users currently are. Licence issue will entail an application fee (refundable only if application successful), a cooling off period, and a purchase cost.
And we should tax the blazes out of licence sales. 50% levy on the original price (which is managed by the ritual generator companies, those being private operators operating under a self-regulatory regime but subject to irregular auditing and watchdog supervision).
Licences have a limited term of 2 years. They must be renewed each time they expire and the purchase cost re-applied again as a renewal fee.
Good Ritual maintenance to be rewarded with merit points. No point using demerits for bad maintenance as ... well bad maintenance is gonna cause our Quicken to crash anyway. Merit points can be reclaimed as discounts off renewals. But the levy remains at 50% of original price. Your renewal may be only 90% of original purchase cost due to merit points but it will still attract the full 50% tax.
Those currently illegally holding RoDs will be invited to return their rituals under a six-month amnesty, collection points will need to be set up at pivotal points throughout the land.
All unregulated ritual generation to be outlawed and punished to the full extent of the law. Rituals will carry a council seal that designates it as being an approved product.
Finally, all rituals are to fitted with a safety catch, and rituals must remain unloaded at all times except under the acceptable circumstances as referred above. Rituals must be contained in a lockable vessel at all times outside of the process of use, and that vessel must remain locked during those times.
Standard issue RoD containment vessels will be issued at a fee plus levy for a prescribed fee. No ritual to be sold by the generator in any form of dual vendor contract along with a vessel. No ritual generator to be licenced to sell vessels, and vice versa. Additional cooling off period mandatory between purchase of vessel and purchase of ritual. Proof of ownership of vessel must be shown before sale of ritual approved.
Any questions?
LOL
