warm beer

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:23 AM +0100 2/13/02, Phil Payne wrote:

>No, no - I'd finished it.  It was when I handed the empty glass back
>through the door that the colourful language started.

Oops.  Now, how come those who were drinking remember it better than I do? :-)

>   The fun bit was that I didn't realise you could carry lethal
>weapons but not harmless beer on public streets

You can't, at least in most states(Texas being one notable exception)
carry a firearm, -especially- a concealed one(although I believe even
in Texas, you must have a permit of some sort to carry a concealed
weapon, I could be wrong.)  In MA, mere possession(on the streets, in
your home, your car,...anywhere) of an unregistered firearm is highly
illegal, as the signs alongside major roads entering the state often
remind visitors.  I believe transporting an unregistered firearm
across state lines is a federal crime as well, could be wrong.

As for the laws regarding alcohol etc, many of them date back to city
code established by the Puritans and Pilgrims, whom, I might remind
you, were British.  There are also a fair number of laws which were
British and simply carried over after the revolution.

Plus, I would have to ask, if you decided to open a can of beer on a
street corner in London:
a)how many police video cameras would spot you and
b)how long would it take before a polite constable asked you to go indoors?

I personally enjoy being able to walk down a street and not be filmed
by anything(save private security cameras, ATMs, that sort of thing.)

Brett
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