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on Thursday October 19 2017, @05:45PM
from the they-suspected-he-had-frickin-lasers dept.
from the they-suspected-he-had-frickin-lasers dept.
A man dressed as a shark has been fined under new anti-burqa laws in Austria. A PR agency has admitted the incident was a stunt designed to make a "socially relevant" point.
Police had confronted a man on Friday after he was seen promoting a new outlet of the McShark electronics store in Vienna in a costume that covered his face. When he refused to remove his shark head, he was given a fine of €150 ($176).
[...] Regional daily Österreich reported the officers acted after a call from an unidentified member of the public. Police had suspected the report came from someone who wished to prove a point about the new laws.
http://www.dw.com/en/austria-burqa-ban-man-dressed-as-shark-falls-afoul-of-new-law/a-40872491
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It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:31PM (11 children)
No, it isn't OK to be a shark in public.
Never mind the evils of Islam. Consider the KKK, for which the USA created anti-mask laws. A bunch of democrats, rather like Antifa, were running around in masks causing violent trouble. The masks are used to evade justice. Our faces serve as ID, without which we'd have a much rougher time catching criminals.
If we allow a sharkkk mask, then anybody intending evil will wear one. The same goes for the burqa. You don't get to dress like a ninja.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:33PM (4 children)
On the other hand: "We have no leads, as he was wearing a full-body shark costume", said no police report ever.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:58PM (2 children)
A pox on Halloween for making it near-impossible to search for such things. I hope a murderous clown will do:
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/crime-ampampamp-law/wellington-infamous-clown-murder-still-unsolved-years-later/yb8paMiMRTT7V9ShfBaUfP/ [mypalmbeachpost.com]
Then we have fake nuns robbing a bank:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/08/28/suspects-disguise-themselves-as-nuns-in-attempted-bank-robbery.html [foxnews.com]
Power Ranger robs a bookie:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8069670/Police-hunt-raider-dressed-as-Power-Ranger.html [telegraph.co.uk]
SpiderMan:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235144/Man-arrested-trying-mug-woman-wearing-Spider-Man-costume-disguise.html [dailymail.co.uk]
Gumby:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/09/07/gumby-botches-robbery-of-san-diego-7-eleven/ [cbslocal.com]
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @09:00PM (1 child)
How could you skip what happened today???
Pikachu tries to jump the White House fence [thehill.com]!!
(Score: 2, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday October 20 2017, @12:59AM
Yeech. What a horrendous choice in costume.
Let's hope that some kind of poetic justice was served and they tazed him through his suit until he shit himself.
(Score: 1) by Aegis on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:42PM
My criminal record begs to differ.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by insanumingenium on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:48PM (2 children)
Since when is it my duty to make justice's job easy? While we are at it, since you have brought this back to the USA, what about the legitimate first amendment argument? Prior restraint has chilling effects, and I for one am not OK with violating basic constitutional rights to make law enforcement easier.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @10:30PM
Because democracy is two sheeps and a goat with a wolf judging, deciding what will be for dinner.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Friday October 20 2017, @02:42AM
Requiring police to get warrants also impedes their ability to catch Bad Guys in some cases, so I guess we should get rid of that requirement. Everyone knows that our rights should vanish as soon as they become inconvenient for the government.
If anything, in the age of mass surveillance and facial recognition, being able to wear masks is more important than ever.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:49PM (2 children)
Someone robbing a bank ain't gonna be thinking "Well, I guess I'm not allowed to wear a mask!"
What kind of idiotic thought process are you employing here?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:01PM (1 child)
We arrest them on the way to the bank, as soon as we see them in a mask. We can also arrest them on their way home with the loot.
This works especially well for violent mobs, since they intend to be around for a while.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:30PM
They don't go walking through witnesses wearing all their gear.
Man, you're as dumb as a pile of rocks. Get outta here!