[SOC] Merci ...

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Hi again,

I must admit that up to this morning I did not know what the Riot Act was. 
Merci to Ian and John who lead me to seach a bit on this subject.

Seen on : http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lriot.htm

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The 1715 Riot Act was an attempt to strengthen the power of the civil 
authorities when threatened with riotous behaviour. The act made it a serious 
crime for members of a crowd of twelve or more people to refuse to disperse 
within an hour of being ordered to do so by a magistrate. One of the problems 
for magistrates was actually reading the Riot Act during a serious disturbance. 
For example, after the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, most of the 
demonstrators that were convicted claimed that they had not heard the Riot Act 
being read. The Riot Act was unsuccessful in controlling a series of 
disturbances including the 1743 Gin Riots, the 1768 St George's Massacre and 
the 1780 Gordon Riots.
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So John, reading this "a la lettre", the Riot Act _has_been_ read by Papa Diz.
But as we were not a crowd of 12 ... I may now call my lawyer (pure US style, 
n'est-t-il pas ?! ;o)) // kidding, OF COURSE //

73!
Claude, F5PBL

http://www.qsl.net/f5pbl

DIG #4451 - FISTS #7722 - SOC #503 - 10-X #71724

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> 
> Oh yes? I someone forwarded me a rather wishy-washy message from Diz,
> but I 
> haven't heard of any "Riot Act." Since the archives are no longer
> available, 
> I don't know.
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