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Anti-Burka Law Bites Shark Mascot

posted by FatPhil on Thursday October 19 2017, @05:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-suspected-he-had-frickin-lasers dept.

mhajicek writes:

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: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday October 20 2017, @01:48AM (3 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Friday October 20 2017, @01:48AM (#585047) Journal

    I don't understand why you left "politician" unchecked. Please explain.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @12:24PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @12:24PM (#585195)

    Politicians do bad things without hiding their face.

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by DannyB on Friday October 20 2017, @03:33PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Friday October 20 2017, @03:33PM (#585262) Journal

    It is a law. Politicians pass laws. Politicians would never check the box identifying themselves as a threat. Even though they are probably a bigger threat to our freedom, democracy, and civilization than all the other things combined.

    Thank you for actually asking. And nicely.

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