Thread: Luxury Tax on Razors

Originally Posted by JackofDiamonds

These kinda things exist all over the place, like this one "If any person has a puppet show, wire dancing or tumbling act in the state of Indiana and receives money for it, they will be fined $3 under the Act to Prevent Certain Immoral Practices."

... What?!

It's stuff like this that makes legal history so much fun to study. You just know that simply because of the existence of this law, at some point in Indiana, puppet shows, wire dancing and tumbling were seen as a menace. If you want to know what life in medieval London was *really* like, study the court records. They range from depressing to outrageous (outrageous to modern eyes at least) to absofrickinlutely hilarious.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

It's stuff like this that makes legal history so much fun to study. You just know that simply because of the existence of this law, at some point in Indiana, puppet shows, wire dancing and tumbling were seen as a menace. If you want to know what life in medieval London was *really* like, study the court records. They range from depressing to outrageous (outrageous to modern eyes at least) to absofrickinlutely hilarious.

Yeah, just look at the Star Court!

Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus

Yeah, just look at the Star Court!

And some of our "Circus" ( Circuit ) Courts........

Too true, Wullie, too true.

Originally Posted by Wullie

What war? We haven't had a war since WWII.

Never ending "police actions" on the other hand, ARE NOT WARS!

Just ask 'em, they'll tell ya.

We quit calling them wars when we quit trying to win them.