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> for a decade The beard tax was cool, I also liked the sober pubs as described in the Licensing Act 1872 section 12: “Every person found drunk in any highway
by 6510 5y ago
> for a decade
The beard tax was cool, I also liked the sober pubs as described in the Licensing Act 1872 section 12: “Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty”
- rich_sasha 5y agoIn present-day Oxford the city centre by-laws ban “remaining in the public toilets without a valid excuse”. Some of my favourite legalese euphemisms.
- jjgreen 5y agoThe current law in France states: Il est interdit de se trouver en état d’ivresse manifeste dans les lieux publics, it is forbidden to find oneself in state of manifest drunkenness in public places (CODE DE LA SANTÉ PUBLIQUE : ART. R. 3353-1). I love the idea of "finding oneself in a state of manifest drunkenness", how on Earth could that have happened?
- mdp2021 5y agoThe expression 'ivresse manifeste' is probably an odd euphemism for what in other legislations is more properly phrased as "bothersome drunkenness", to which "practical side" (bothersomeness) it adds a mandate for "decency", "to avoid being degrading" - which in French culture is probably felt more than other details and more than in other territories.