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Offline Sandwich

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Stupid Laws
on: September 01, 2005, 02:57:53 am
Generally a thread by this title would be filled with laws that have become humorous in our day and age, but this time, I have something else in mind.


Stupid. Law!

Really, REALLY dumb. I sure hope the rescind/amend/whatever this law.
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Reply #1 on: September 01, 2005, 09:57:48 am
Yes, it is.  It doesn't sound like it was intended to be discriminatory when it was written, so much as that no one at the time thought of the possibility of Israelis terrorising Israelis.  But very stupid indeed.  I hope it gets changed soon.
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