Posted by Ben @ August 6th, 2011 8:28 am. Filed under: I Am A Brain!,I Sure Hope There's No Way This Can Be Misinterpreted.,It's Just A Little Request...,Just Crazy Enough To Work,Not actual justice -- just what I wanted. Which is basically the same thing.,Solve My Imaginary Problems!,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,Unworkable Ideas — Tags: Nicholas Payton —
by Nicholas PaytonPut quite simply, making false allegations is a form of harassment. Even if they are never tried for the alleged crimes, the victim’s life can be seriously impacted. It can seriously affect a person’s social life, family life, and career prospects. Sadly people tend to believe rumours, and sometimes even add to them. A trial, and even a conviction based upon false allegations is surely one of the most serious miscarriages of justice.
Of course, we get into the rather sticky legal territory of what to do when someone accuses someone else of making a false accusation only for us to discover that the accusation of false accusation was itself a false accusation.
Posted by Ben @ September 14th, 2010 8:35 pm. Filed under: I Accidentally The Whole Thing,I Must Be Of Something,I'm Religious So You Have To Do Everything I Say,Oh Yeah? Let's See You Write A Better Petition!,spelin an grammer,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do? — Tags: angelsforce —
ALL of it and return
to God’s LawWhy the contribution is important
Because if everyone followed the 12 Commandments there would be no need for any legislation and in fact God’s Commandments specifically prohibit us from making our own laws or adding to them so that by making any legislation you are breaking God’s Commandments — think about it
I have thought about it and I’ve concluded that you are a crazy person.
Posted by Ben @ September 6th, 2010 10:21 pm. Filed under: I Am A Brain!,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children? — Tags: Foundling —
Child Abandonment Law states that all mothers who abandon their babies under 2 years of age are prosecuted. I would like this to be amended so that a mother who leaves her unwanted baby in a “safe” place, i.e. an NHS facility, fire station, police station or church, can do so without the fear of being prosecuted.Why the contribution is important
So far in 2010 two babies have died as they have been left in places where they were not found in time. This is two babies too many. Times have changed, the public is more weary of bags left at stations or in the street. So the time has come to amend the law too.The US has the Safe Haven Law, which was adopted by all 52 states. Most European countries have this amendment written into their abandonment law and they provide “baby hatches” at hospitals.
Where this amendment to the law is in place there have been increases in the number of abandoned babies but all have reported an increase in the number of mothers who have come back to claim their child. This cannot happen with a dead baby.
There are no policies or procedures currently in place to deal with foundling babies, I hope to raise the awareness of this. On one document I have read it states “there are more polices in the UK for abandoning your car, than there are for an abandond child”.
Please help me save future babies and give them a chance a life!!
You can find out more on Facebook – “Foundlings – Babies without a Name” or on our website www.babysafecampaign.co.uk.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CAUSE
America has 52 states. Who knew?
Posted by Ben @ August 16th, 2010 5:56 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Is A Human Right,Clearly You've Thought This Through,FREEDOM!!,I'm serious!,Lord Knows I Ask Not For Myself,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU! — Tags: rgriffin —
Sometimes, laws are confusing. People get confused! The best way to alleviate the confusion? Why, get rid of the confusing laws, of course! Like this one:
Hi Goverment,
I love this guy already.
Hi Government,I would like a change or a full repeal of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act of 2005. Part of this act involved designating sites by order of Secretary of State, such as nuclear power stations, which, if trespassed, incurred servere penalties.
In a one-man protest against the way the government was handling the economy prior to the G8 meetings of May 2009, I climbed over the railings into the front lawn of the Houses of Parliament following a peaceful march through the city. I sat peacefully on the lawn and when approached, stated “This is the people’s parliament, and I am one of the people”.
I was arrested and eventually cautioned for “Trespass on sites designated by order of Secretary of State. Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 S.128.”
My point is this: how can sitting on the lawn of my own government’s meeting place be as bad as breaking into a nuclear power station? Clearly, making a stand for democracy should not be penalised in such a way. Please amend or repeal the law. Thank you.
Why the contribution is important
I believe my idea is important as it will remove an unnecessary restriction on the valid right to protest by the people of Britain.
Right. So… you don’t see a problem with trespassing on property occupied by people who run the country? Okay. Just checking.
Posted by Ben @ July 29th, 2010 8:47 pm. Filed under: Anything I Want Should Be Mandatory,Batshit Mental Rants,FREEDOM!!,I Am A Brain!,I Find That Offensive!,I Must Be Of Something,I'm Religious So You Have To Do Everything I Say,I'm serious!,Not actual freedom -- just what I wanted. Which is basically the same thing.,Really REALLY Bad Ideas,Solve My Imaginary Problems!,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,This Is The Worst Kind Of Discrimination! The Kind Against Me!,Unenforceable Laws,Unreasonable Demands,Unworkable Ideas,We Petition The PM To Climb This Wall Of Text,What Would Idiot-Jesus Do?,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children? — Tags: Debra —
Oh dear. Here we have Debra, a precious little dumpling who seems to think that all legislation is trumped by “God’s Law” – y’know, stone the gays, women to be used as a form of currency, that sort of thing. Debra’s brain exists in that special cerebral universe designed specifically for the sort of person who usually lives in America attending Tea Party rallies, only in this instance she (presumably) lives in the UK, and the only Tea Parties she attends are parties where she drinks tea.
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Posted by Ben @ July 15th, 2010 9:55 pm. Filed under: I Am A Brain!,I'm Keeping The Whole Class Back,It's Just A Little Request...,spelin an grammer,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,These Kids Today With Their Modern Haircuts And Hippetty-Hop Music —
Are Lollipop people really needed?How the idea could be implemented
Plenty of Zebra crossings and Traffic Lights for Children to Cross at.
Jonestly, if an 8 year-old schoolboy hasn’t figured out how to cross the road by now he deserves to be hit by a car.
Posted by Ben @ July 14th, 2010 9:11 pm. Filed under: Everyone Stop What You're Doing Because You're Mildly Inconveniencing Me,I Am A Brain!,I AM TALKING!,I'm serious!,It's Just A Little Request...,My Other Car Is Another Car,Really REALLY Bad Ideas,spelin an grammer,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,That's SO UNFAIR! I HATE YOU!,There's No Time For Thinking!,Unintentional Irony,Unworkable Ideas,Work Around My Delusions Dammit! — Tags: appleton306, ChurchCrawler, TJ102 —
Abolish the “Get Set” stage of our traffic lights, leaving Red (On your marks) and Green (Go!) operative only. Amber will only light to signal the lights are changing to red.Why the contribution is important
This increases road safety, and stops those idiots from gambling by starting to pull away at Red & Amber whilst other idiots are speeding through at solid amber from another direction.
I can’t wait to see all of the accidents that pop up as a result of people reaching the junction just as the light turns red and slamming the breaks on.
The 70 mph speed limit on motorways and dual carriageways has been in force since December 1965.Over the time since it was introduced, there have been substantial improvements in vehicle and road safety measure
According to the Association of British Drivers, in 1965, 70 mph represented more than 80% of the maximum speed of average cars, wheras now it represents only 60%. They estimate that at present, 56% of car drivers exceed the motorway speed limit.
Why the contribution is important
Drivers know their own limits and the limits of their vehicles. They should be concentrating on the quality of their driving, rather than an arbitrary 45 year old speed limit.We should abolish the speed limit and concentrate on preventing dangerous driving.
Seriously? Are you serious? How can you be for “preventing dangerous driving” but against the speed limit? Are you daft or something?
WE WANT TO USE THE FULL POWER POTENTIAL OF THE VEHICLE WE BUY!!AUTOBAHN IN ENGLAND!
INTRODUCE TOP SPEED LANE ON MOTORWAY!!!!!!!!
Why the contribution is important
SAFER AND FASTERSAFER= NOT SHITTING YOURSELF CAUSE THERES A SPEED CAMERA UP AHEAD CAUSING YOU TO BREAK SHARPLY AND UNNECESSARY!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by Andrew @ July 12th, 2010 11:42 pm. Filed under: "Making Britain Great Again",Batshit Mental Rants,Can't someone else pay the VAT?,Clearly You've Thought This Through,I AM TALKING!,It's Just A Little Request...,spelin an grammer,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,We Petition The PM To Climb This Wall Of Text —
Well. A day or two ago I discovered the Secret Fourth Category: “how can we rethink public services to deliver more for less”. Although presumably it wasn’t all that secret because there are already eleven fucking thousand “ideas” on it.
Long story short: you’re getting another big bumper post.
by LIFETANK on July 06, 2010 at 01:52PM
THE GEORGE TAX
Current taxation systems throughout the world were developed for a physical currency transaction, this means it is a tax system that can easily be avoided and is inherently corrupt in that the richest can avoid tax through highly paid Lawyers and Accountants finding loopholes in the system, and cash only business can avoid tax by not declaring transactions.
A digital age taxation system would allow the Government to collect tax electronically at a centralised point of transaction, and would also allow the government to deploy algorithms to calculate a ‘Real Time’ tax rate which could adjust dynamically to the expenditure requirements of government, rather than the government being forced to go cap in hand to the bond markets or raise taxation retrospectively on budget day.
IMPLEMENTING THE GEARGE TAX
The starting point for a digital age taxation system would be to abolish the entire UK taxation and cash transaction system and start from scratch.
Algorithms would need to be formulated (A.) to determine the value of all financial transactions carried out in the UK and between the UK and Overseas and (B.) Projected governmental expenditure for the year calculated in real time.
To collect THE GEORGE TAX, centralised electronic transaction hubs would be built and developed throughout the UK and each of these would be connected in a network to each other and to a master hub connected to the banks where tax is collected as a percentage of each transaction passing through the hub.
THE GEORGE TAX is essentially a transaction tax. Whenever a financial transaction is carried out, a percentage of that transaction is taken as a tax, the tax percentage is calculated in ‘Real Time’ and would be variable by miniscule percentage movements using an algorithm calculating government spending requirements for the tax year against projected UK financial transactions for the tax year.
All financial transactions including share dealing, bank to bank transfers etc.. would have to pass through the hubs by law, with serious penalties for non compliance.
For small transactions, pre paid cash cards containing say £10 in value could be purchased ‘TAX PAID’ at shops and supermarkets etc.. these could then be used to pay for small purchases in store and at temporary outlets and outdoor events etc. where terminal connections to the centralised transaction hubs cant be made.
The cards could possibly be top up cards or disposable depending on security issues, but this would negate the need for cash in today’s society, it would also mean that transactions could be carried out without a need for a connection to the main hubs or to a power source as payment tills could be battery or solar powered and would not need a phone line, all transactions taken through these cards would then be uploaded at a later date through a connected terminal to the main transaction hubs.
The benefits of THE GEORGE TAX, are that it is a simple one tax system, it can be collected at the time of transaction, it will reduce business costs significantly, would increase tax collection to near 100%, would be 100% fair, would reduce government expenditure significantly, and would reduce the overall tax burden on the individual significantly, cutting red tape and tax loop holes to pretty much zero.
THE GEORGE TAX is a progressive digital age tax system, that is simple and effective, it just needs a progressive and visionary government to implement it in its simplest form.
The basic rule is to keep it very simple, tax the transaction at a single real time rate, a one tax system.
I can envisage an extremely low tax rate of a percentage of 1% using THE GEORGE TAX , every single financial transaction in the UK and between the UK and Overseas would be taxed at the time of transaction, this amounts to a staggeringly huge sum of money available to be taxed against.
Because the tax is a transaction tax, both sides of the transaction are taxed, therefore a transaction of £1.00 is actually worth £2.00 for taxable purposes.
The benefits to society and the UK economy would be immeasurable!
THE GEORGE TAX – Should be this governments legacy to this great nation, i give my idea for FREE, in the hope that somebody with the vision of progress will take it forward.
Why call it the THE GEORGE TAX?
Well its my last name, its my idea, so why not!
Why is this idea important?
My idea will revolutionise this country, will increase profitability, increase productivity, decrease red tape, will reduce individual taxation, will simplify the tax system, will make tax fair for all, will allow great britain to become a global financial power again, will increases competitiveness, will encourage entrepreneurs and business.
Do i really need to go on ?????, anyone with an ounce of common sense can see the massive positive consequences that THE GEORGE TAX would bring to the table.
Lets get on with it, our children depend on it!
BE QUIET.
Posted by Ben @ July 8th, 2010 8:10 pm. Filed under: Abolish This!,Everyone Stop What You're Doing Because You're Mildly Inconveniencing Me,I Could've Looked This Up But Instead I Watched Countdown,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful — Tags: deepinfen —
I run a very small business with two employees. I am required by law to have employees liability insurance which is just as it should be. To prove this I am required by law to display (for my employees to see) a valid copy of the pertaining insurance certificate which again is acceptable.However, by law I am required to keep each year’s insurance certificate for 40 years. I am nearing retirement and my business will end with my retirement. As the law stands and for my particular circumstance, I will be required to keep the last issued certificate until I am 105 years old which is barmy. The chances of my living to this age are remote and what happens if I die before the 40 years is up I am not sure. Perhaps I shall have it stipulated in my will that the certificates be interned with me in my coffin so that those responsible will have to dig me up to get their putrifying paperwork.
Why the contribution is important
There are much simplier ways of resolving this issue such as making it a legal requirement for those companies that provide employees liability insurance to keep an accessible unified data base (of those employers they have insured) on the web for 40 years. Of course that would be too simple and something the insurance companies will fight tooth and nail against, for they know full well that many employers will ignore the 40 year requirement and thereby make it difficult for an employee to make a far back claim.
Rather than sit there bitching to the government about your problem and making unsubstantiable claims about what insurance providers may or may not do under any particular set of circumstances, why don’t you do some actual research like, oh, I don’t know, asking a solicitor what you’re supposed to do under the circumstances?
Posted by Andrew @ April 10th, 2010 11:32 pm. Filed under: Batshit Mental Rants,Gibberish,Rejected Petitions,Stand Back! I'm Going To Try SCIENCE!,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful — Tags: john jenkins —
I’d like to welcome a new member into our Top Ten Petitioners: John Jenkins. We’ve featured him before, demanding quantum metric currency and… well, it’s hard to say as his grasp on the English language is akin to that of a large metal claw on a stuffed bear. I suspect his grip on reality is little better but as I say, it’s difficult to be sure with him. But it turns out that, like Keith Jones, he’s a serial petitioner (although a far less prolific one than Jones) and not one of his petitions makes the slightest shred of sense as far as I can see. He’s had a few accepted onto the site, but the most popular has all of five signatures. Here’s a selection that jumped out at me. I think they illustrate a man’s decent into madness:
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Posted by Ben @ March 21st, 2010 8:52 pm. Filed under: Batshit Mental Rants,Duplicate Petitions,Rejected Petitions,Solve My Imaginary Problems!,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?,Work Around My Delusions Dammit!,You Know - We Haven't Banned Anything Lately. — Tags: Mrs Rachel Hutchinson —
by Mrs Rachel Hutchinson (rejected)We are against the sale of Ouija Boards as toys for children. We believe that they are a stepping stone to the occult for inquisitive children. The occult is highly dangerous and is not a game.
This petition was rejected not because it’s clearly batshit bonkers mad insane, but because “It was similar to and/or overlaps with an existing petition or petitions”. Like this one.
Posted by Ben @ February 23rd, 2010 3:51 am. Filed under: Not Government Business,Nothing Should Ever Change!,Thank You For Coming -- It's Been Very Useful,We're British, Dammit! — Tags: Robin Hodge —
by Robin HodgeThe team receives its funding from the UK Government, and UK athletics bodies. It receives funding from UK Lottery funds.It flies the UK flag – not a GB one. It’s time it had a rethink and changed the name to Team UK.
Here are the Google Image Search results for “United Kingdom flag”, and here are the Google Image Search results for “Great Britain flag”. Thanks for playing.
