McGSP 1999 Manifesto Contents

Laws Make Criminals

After the GREAT LEAP BACKWARDS (C) much of what in New Zealand is presently labelled “criminal behaviour” will become respectable occupations; (eg. Drug dealing, dodgy building, quackery, soliciting for prostitution, treasonous rival claims to the throne). Other crimes will simply become impossible to commit; eg. Fraud, tax evasion and traffic misdemeanours (due to the abolition of money and the outlawing of the motor car.). Similarly, home invasion and burglary, while not exactly impossible, are highly unlikely to occur (due to the absence of fancy consumer goods (see ECONOMY)). This will massively reduce police workloads (1).

Tribal Justice Systems

For those few remaining crimes, all matters of Law and Order will be taken care of within the Clans, as administrated by the Chief and Clan Elders. Because of the stable nature of the new medieval society, the happy and satisfying lifestyle busily being pursued by everyone, and the way in which Clans tend to act as the most effective Community Support and Community Watch groups in the history of the world, it is anticipated that Crime will plummet to an all time low.

The role of any justice system when dealing with crime is a threefold one; to deter those who might commit an offence, to punish those who do, and to change their behaviour so they don’t do it again. Public ridicule within the Clan, as orchestrated by the Clan Chief, Elders, and other humiliation experts achieves all three. Beyond this, the ultimate punishment imaginable will be banishment from your Clan forever.

Sub-Zero Tolerance

The McGillicuddy Serious Government will reinstate the old system of Prison Ships. However, unlike their predecessors, they will not be old decommissioned hulks lying permanently moored in various harbours. Once full, they will slowly sail offshore to secretly discharge their cargo in the disputed lands of Antarctica.

(1) down to nothing... .goodbye policeforce.

(2) A Kakapo in every pot and a manifesto in every garage.