"Isn't it fun to play chess with living pieces?"

Yes.  To continue the fun.

There is a story about (I think) one of the citizen-democracies in an ancient Greek city-state. When the citizenry met to discuss and plan the affairs of the city, any citizen wanting to make a proposal did so with a noose around his neck.  If the citizenry found the proposal unacceptable, the noose was fatally tightened.  Might this be a useful strategy to apply to bishops, cardinals, popes, and other church functionaries?