tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post428933906000431859..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Ignorance of the law is no excuseThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-4838887515745074192012-12-02T07:08:51.953-06:002012-12-02T07:08:51.953-06:00You should try being British. Tony Blair made c.3,...You should try being British. Tony Blair made c.3,000 things illegal. Including amongst other things selling a grey squirrel and entering the wreck of the Titanic. NickMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-87507237095366852092012-11-26T16:28:33.087-06:002012-11-26T16:28:33.087-06:00During a visit to Tallinn, Estonia, I read somewhe...During a visit to Tallinn, Estonia, I read somewhere that in medieval times the entire city would meet at Town Hall one day a year to listen to the laws being read aloud (there were rather fewer laws on the books at the time, this being well before the EU constitution). The laws had to be read to the people because most of the population was illiterate, and by doing so the government could then Stephen M. Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-20768485348522058942012-11-26T08:41:40.696-06:002012-11-26T08:41:40.696-06:00Here's another story that'll make your hea...Here's <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324735104578123523795505336.html?_nocache=1353787071836&user=welcome&mg=id-wsj" rel="nofollow">another story</a> that'll make your head explode.<br /><br />In 1930 the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act set protective tariffs of 38% to 68% on imported shoes to protect U.S. shoe manufacturers. <br /><br />Fast forward to today, CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.com