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so while doing the interview meme<\/a>, I came up with what I thought was a quite interesting question for dcalle<\/a>. I was also quite impressed with his answer<\/a>. I got to thinking, I wonder how other people would answer that question. I am not going to bother to interview all 170-odd of you reading this with 5 different questions, so instead I’ll just ask this one question here, and hopefully you’ll all comment and tell me what you think:<\/p>\n

You’re ruler for a day. What three laws do you enact(or repeal, whatever) that will remain enforced after your reign is over.<\/p>\n

(Interpret ruler as you see fit.)<\/p>\n

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