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
(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.