On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:57 PM, (via tml list) Leonard wrote:

Purely "social" rules are kinda arbitrary, even if they don't look
like that to members of the society in question. Those can get really
interesting. Sumptuary laws can be a big pitfall for visitors. Wear
the wrong thing and you can get a fne of jail time. Possibly even
executed.

One might expect fairly clear warnings at the starport boundary. Perhaps even security guards, on the starport side of the line, if only to minimize the administrative hassle of dealing with the locals, or dealing with ships that are short crew because someone wore the wrong thing into town.

Of course, if you go out into the local marketeria, to buy some cool souvenirs of this quaint planet, and maybe offend the clerk a little with your crass offworlder manners, they might recommend something special, just for you....

Whooosie.

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