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From: mlf@teddy.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.legal
Subject: Re: bell-ringing in malls .. an unusual phenomenon in Hoosier-land...
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Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 08:45:50 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 08:45:50 1984
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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!