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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @08:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 20 2017, @08:36PM (#585419)

    The law has provisions for extreme temperatures in areas where that happens. But unless you can prove the temperatures are 'extreme' they can still nail you with the anti-mask laws the rest of the year, or where it is cold enough for YOU to need one, but not cold enough for a 'normal' person to need one.

    All of this really is bullshit, but there is not a lot which can successfully be done.