http://www.metafilter.com/1765// Comments on MetaFilter post Comments on 1765 Mon, 22 May 2000 21:32:18 -0800 Mon, 22 May 2000 21:32:18 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/1765/ <a href="http://www.dumblaws.com/states/index.html">Silly laws by state.</a> Probably some of these are apocryphal, but they make fun reading anyway. post:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.1765 Sun, 21 May 2000 05:48:36 -0800 Steven Den Beste law laws dumb http://www.metafilter.com/1765/#6821 As a Rhode Islander, I always find this one fascinating: until the 1970's, there was a law on the books in Fall River that dated back to Colonial days making it legal to kill Rhode Islanders who came into Fall River. A man's lawyer used it in his trial for killing a Rhode Islander, and he nearly beat the rap. comment:www.metafilter.com,2000:site.1765-6821 Mon, 22 May 2000 21:32:18 -0800 Ezrael