Rule 6

Rule 6 was the most infamous and well known of a set of behavior rules imposed on participants at the 1991 San Jose, California Timecon science fiction convention by the hosting hotel (then a Red Lion Inn). The rule read:

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6. No physical contact other then holding hands, a quick hug or
kiss will be tolerated. Any further actions will result in the
subjects being asked to leave the property for the remaining time
of the Con.
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Background
The rules came about due to a series of attendee misbehaviors at the earlier Baycon convention in 1991, involving abuses of liquor and several attendees being caught having sex in public within the hotel.
The hotel manager later claimed

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