Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!mlf From: mlf@teddy.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.legal Subject: Re: bell-ringing in malls .. an unusual phenomenon in Hoosier-land... Message-ID: <1008@teddy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 08:45:50 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1008 Posted: Wed Dec 12 08:45:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Dec-84 06:22:35 EST Reply-To: mlf@teddy.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.misc:7117 net.legal:1113 In article <690@pucc-k> ag5@pucc-k (Henry C. Mensch) writes: ><<>> > > A few days ago I was shopping at a local mall (Tippecanoe Mall, >right across from Tyler Too Plaza) and noticed >that the Salvation Army volunteer was shaking two sticks with paper >bells on the end of each stick. > > As it turns out, it's supposedly illegal for these volunteers to >ring bells in malls... Is this true, and has it happened in other places? > > And, *why* would this be illegal? The legal precedent goes back to medieval England, when ringing a bell was the symbol of victory, e.g., the conquering leader would ring a bell in front of the vanquished leader. But why prohibit ringing bells in shopping centers? Well, everyone knows.. YOU CAN'T WIN A MALL! :-) Cheers!