[geeks] can't wait for Vista

Phil Stracchino phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net
Sun Nov 12 20:12:51 CST 2006


Sandwich Maker wrote:
> read about the foundation of rhode island?  roger williams wanted
> more freedom of religion...  the law permitting rhode islanders to be
> shot on sight wasn't taken off the massachusetts books until the '50s,
> though by then it was an invalid anachronism.

The law in the city of York permitting Scotsmen to be shot on sight has
technically never been repealed.  Neither has the law requiring all
able-bodied men to practice their archery on Sunday afternoons on the
village green.


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