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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @01:46AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @01:46AM (#585045)

    Your first assertions are correct but by the same token, these symbols of hate deserve to be and should be derided to the point people are too embarrassed to show them in public.