"blue laws"

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
>
> rigid moral codes
>
> Rhetorical questions (that is, only respond if you wish): Â What are
> their authorities for:
>
> 1) Â "Bluenoses" in the 18th century? Â The OED has this from 1927.
>
> 2) Â  _"Blue movies"_ -- let alone any movies -- in the 18th century?

Another obvious question is,
To what "rigid moral codes" did/do "blue" movies ever adhere?
Apparently, the author quoted by Joel has no real knowledge of what
was meant when a movie was qualified as "blue."

-Wilson

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