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posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @05:45PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:49PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @06:49PM (#584731)

    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?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:01PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:01PM (#584757)

    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

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 19 2017, @07:30PM (#584789)

      They don't go walking through witnesses wearing all their gear.

      Man, you're as dumb as a pile of rocks. Get outta here!