A-Mazing
April 17, 2017 7:39 PM Subscribe
Yeah but they probably don't have to take people's keys away anymore.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 8:25 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Mr. Yuck at 8:25 PM on April 17, 2017 [3 favorites]
Ok, that's pretty ingenious.
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 8:45 PM on April 17, 2017
posted by SecretAgentSockpuppet at 8:45 PM on April 17, 2017
Interesting -- reminds me of the crows do not sell drugs argument.
posted by klausman at 9:02 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by klausman at 9:02 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
Out of curiosity, is there a similar law in the US?
posted by Going To Maine at 9:10 PM on April 17, 2017
posted by Going To Maine at 9:10 PM on April 17, 2017
Nothing national. I live in what was a dry county until the nineties and we got nothing.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:25 PM on April 17, 2017
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:25 PM on April 17, 2017
I love when people come up with creative ways to beat dumb laws. Also I like mazes.
posted by daybeforetheday at 9:32 PM on April 17, 2017
posted by daybeforetheday at 9:32 PM on April 17, 2017
Just keep following the left wall
posted by ckape at 9:40 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by ckape at 9:40 PM on April 17, 2017 [2 favorites]
They should add ball pits in a checkerboard pattern.
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:42 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Mr. Yuck at 9:42 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
I approve of this wall
posted by piyushnz at 9:54 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by piyushnz at 9:54 PM on April 17, 2017 [1 favorite]
One of the factors that led to the large number of fatalities at the Great White night club fire was the maze-like front entrance that trapped victims within seconds.
posted by dirigibleman at 10:30 PM on April 17, 2017
posted by dirigibleman at 10:30 PM on April 17, 2017
It's an open-air maze so the patrons might be able to knock down the walls or climb over them but I'm betting the first real emergency is going to either lead to unnecessary deaths or else the inspectors will shut the place down because of proof that some patrons did not travel the full 500 meters from the nearest highway.
posted by ardgedee at 3:51 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by ardgedee at 3:51 AM on April 18, 2017
That's interesting, but linked from that page is a story that says
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:36 AM on April 18, 2017
In November the Supreme Court had made it mandatory to play national anthem in movie halls before every screening with the image of the national flag displayed on the screen.Talk about your activist courts! I sure hope that doesn't catch on where I live.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:36 AM on April 18, 2017
The zoning laws like that here (eg, mandatory minimum distances from schools for marijuana stores and sexual offenders) are typically done by straight-line distance, and I doubt adding a maze in front would count. But if that is legit there, then more power to them (other than the issue of emergency egress, of course).
posted by Dip Flash at 5:19 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by Dip Flash at 5:19 AM on April 18, 2017
The fire exit can likely still be to the street, only the entrance needs to be in a maze.
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:11 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:11 AM on April 18, 2017
After reading a report on the Supreme Court's ruling I still have no idea how they arrived at this decision. The Indian Supreme Court can just invent new regulations out of thin air? Based on cockamamie ideas of alcohol harm reduction?
posted by 1adam12 at 6:52 AM on April 18, 2017
posted by 1adam12 at 6:52 AM on April 18, 2017
The Economist has an article about the new regulation. The stated purpose is to prevent drunk driving.
I was pretty baffled by Indians' attitudes to alcohol when I visited. I couldn't quite get where it came from; some Hindu aspiration to modesty and clarity? Most of the expensive tourist places I went had alcohol available for the foreign guests but it felt like I was being naughty.
posted by Nelson at 7:04 AM on April 18, 2017
I was pretty baffled by Indians' attitudes to alcohol when I visited. I couldn't quite get where it came from; some Hindu aspiration to modesty and clarity? Most of the expensive tourist places I went had alcohol available for the foreign guests but it felt like I was being naughty.
posted by Nelson at 7:04 AM on April 18, 2017
Well if the point is to make it harder to get to a place to drive from a place to drink, then it's kind of meeting the spirit of the law as well. A maze like that is going to slow down the stumble to the car pretty effectively.
posted by Karmakaze at 7:25 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Karmakaze at 7:25 AM on April 18, 2017 [2 favorites]
In November the Supreme Court had made it mandatory to play national anthem in movie halls before every screening with the image of the national flag displayed on the screen.
Talk about your activist courts! I sure hope that doesn't catch on where I live.
I went to a movie in Mumbai in 2004 and remember the national anthem and flag before the movie started. Also, I grew up on Air Force bases in the US and the base movie theaters always played the national anthem before movies. And I seem to remember some US broadcast stations playing something patriotic before shutting off the signal in the wee hours of the day; definitely saw that on Russian television, but I seem to remember it in the US, too.
posted by msbrauer at 8:37 AM on April 18, 2017
Talk about your activist courts! I sure hope that doesn't catch on where I live.
I went to a movie in Mumbai in 2004 and remember the national anthem and flag before the movie started. Also, I grew up on Air Force bases in the US and the base movie theaters always played the national anthem before movies. And I seem to remember some US broadcast stations playing something patriotic before shutting off the signal in the wee hours of the day; definitely saw that on Russian television, but I seem to remember it in the US, too.
posted by msbrauer at 8:37 AM on April 18, 2017
Sure, to all of those, but it's a long walk from those to making the local Showcase play the Anthem and all the civilians stand up,
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:03 PM on April 18, 2017
posted by Kirth Gerson at 2:03 PM on April 18, 2017
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