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- From: jlacey@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (james.w.lacey)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: Sunday Liquor Sales
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.220321.28290@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 22:03:21 GMT
- References: <15Dec92041802@miracle.com> <BZS.92Dec15211150@world.std.com> <4474@cvbnetPrime.COM>
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- In article <4474@cvbnetPrime.COM> tgross@cvbnet.prime.com (Tom Gross) writes:
- >[stuff deleted]
- > I agree with Barry: blue laws are good. In Germany, at least
- > 18 years ago when I was student there (and I doubt things have
- > changed much in this regard), stores were only allowed to be
- > open on Saturday MORNINGS, not at all on Sundays, and then
- > once a MONTH stores could be open Saturday afternoon. It was
- > a real pain in the butt for consumers, but people survived,
- > and before the latest Anschluss, the german economy seemed
- > pretty healthy.
- >
-
- Those laws were still in effect in Germany as of last year.
- It seemed to be the opposite of here: retail stores had
- strict hours but pubs could be open as late as they wanted
- (or so it seemed.)
-
- The problem is that *every* Saturday morning is like the worst
- Christmas shopping day.
-
- > In Massachusetts we had a referendum on this in 1976.
- > I remember how I voted, but I guess I lost. The real problem
- > is NEW HAMPSHIRE. We really need federal laws to govern this
- > sort of thing...
-
- Or, as some may argue, one of the advantages of having
- power given to the states is to allow each group of people
- to decide which type of community they want.
-
-
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