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A Joke From The Past - A Law Known As Daylight Robbery

This could only happen in Britain and to be honest not a great deal has changed since the days of William The Third, this law came into force 1696 - Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two.

There must be strange laws around the Globe past and present it would be interesting to hear of some of them.

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plungesponge · 41-45, M

Also a great example of why centrally planned mandates rarely work. The people will find ways around it and fudge the stats, until none of the records reflect reality and the people in control lose visibility and make dumb decisions

Convivial · 26-30, F

@plungesponge the law of unintended consequences ...

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@plungesponge I'm pretty sure that the law in question was instituted because the wealthy had been evading taxation because it was easy to hide their wealth. The windows on the other hand are easy to count. That is, the law was simply the next step in an ongoing taxation arm's race.