I’m fairly confident that given the opportunity to REALLY change a single law, I’d choose something more signficant than what I’m about to post. Despite knowing this, I’m going to suggest three issues where I think laws should be changed or written.

1) Professional athletes should be immediately fired and banned from playing if they behave violently on or off their playing field, court, etc.
They’ve had years and years of training and playing by the time they reach professional status so if they can’t control themselves, they should be totally banned. There is no other professional occupation where a person would not be fired for jumping on someone’s head or biting off someone’s ear.

2) Scented candles, potpourri’s, and other strong & artificial smells should be banned from public places. Make it legal in the privacy of one’s home, but don’t subject the rest of us to smells so strong that often they can be detected outside of the building they’re in. People with breathing disorders, allergies, and aut0-immune disease should be allowed to visit public places without risking their health.

3) Ban the use of latex and plastic handling of food. Latex allergies are increasing dramatically as more and more products are developed or replaced with latex. Items containing peanuts are labeled…yet, no one is warned if someone handles food with latex gloves or latex is used in preparation or packaging of food.

Latex allergy doesn’t always cause just a “little rash.” It causes anaplylactic reaction in many people who are latex sensitive.

Perhaps, it is too late to remove latex from every toy, stretchy fabric, carpet fiber, or automobile, but it should be possible to find safer ways of handling food.

(And, yes; I’m allergic to latex)

4. This one is from my husband: Ban busing.

And Thanks Rose, I appreciate that I rather like it here.

Hazel drop by my blog any time.

While were on the subject of laws, I would like to see the age of sexual consent law raised in Canada and tougher sentencing for internet crimes against children.

Marcia, I would love to read your poem.