If you ran the show…

It’s post-apocalyptic America. There is no government, no military and no laws. The nation must be rebuilt from scratch. The people have appointed you to lead them, with one mandate: You can only instill five laws upon them.

What will they be?

1) No harming, whether by deed or word, to include personal property, any person.


I'm having a hard time coming up with 4 more, as I think number one, if used properly and followed takes care of most of what people need and/or need to do.

Now we need a lawyer to define "harm".

Well, we'd also need a militia or some type of military to keep our citizens safe...unfortunately, with people being people we are unable to police ourselves.

The dictionary says that "harm" means physical or psychological injury or damage or Mischief:evil. Harmed, harming, harms means to cause damage to. This definition to me includes murder, robbery, burglary, assault, vandalism, etc.

I would only add one thing: No intentionally harming...

JusSayin wrote: It’s post-apocalyptic America. There is no government, no military and no laws. The nation must be rebuilt from scratch. The people have appointed you to lead them, with one mandate: You can only instill five laws upon them.

What will they be?

I was confused for a minute. Sounded like you were talking about Park County.

Law #1. The U.S. Constitution shall establish our government.
Law #2. The U.S. Constitution shall be followed by strict interpretation.
Law #3. The system for financing the government shall be by national sales tax upon all services and merchandise.
Law #4. The borders of the U.S. shall be guarded.
Law #5. All public officials (appointed or elected) shall suffer triple the legal penalty if found guilty of betrayal of public trust.

JusSayin wrote: It’s post-apocalyptic America. There is no government, no military and no laws. The nation must be rebuilt from scratch. The people have appointed you to lead them, with one mandate: You can only instill five laws upon them.

What will they be?

Good topic. Let me think about this before I repond.

Escort every lawyer, public educator, lib and fag to the east side of the Mississippi.
Round up every known politician, load them into C5s and head for the Pacific and Atlantic and feed the sharks.
Crimes against children, crimes involving sex get a ride on a C5
Place every available alligator in the west in the Mississippi.
All the folks in the west, carry on. Y'all already know what to do so do it. ( and no, there will be no exporting of oil, coal or gas to the east. Let 'em eat tofu and fart at their wind turbines)